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Noun: divvy  di-vee
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
    "Members of the co-op looked forward to their annual divvy"
     
  2. An ignorant or foolish person
    "Don't be such a divvy, it's obvious how to solve this problem";
    - dumbbell [informal], dummy [informal], dope [informal], boob [informal], booby, pinhead [informal], div [Brit, informal], poon [Austral, informal]
Verb: divvy (divvied,divvying)  di-vee
Usage: informal
  1. Give out as one's portion or share
    "The partners divvied up the profits at the end of the year";
    - share, divvy up [informal], portion out, apportion, deal

Derived forms: divvies, divvied, divvying

Type of: distribute, dividend, give out, hand out, pass out, simple [archaic], simpleton

Encyclopedia: Divvy