English

Alternative forms

• Eddie

Proper noun

Eddy

1. A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.

Related terms

• Ed

Anagrams

• dyed

English

Noun

eddy ‎(plural eddies)

1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
2. A circular current; a whirlpool.
   • Dryden

     And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.

   • Addison

     Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

Translations

See also

• countercurrent
• dust devil

Verb

eddy ‎(third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)

1. (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
   • Wordsworth

     Eddying round and round they sink.

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “25”, in Babbitt:

     Neither in his voiceless cabin, fragrant with planks of new-cut pine, nor along the lake, nor in the sunset clouds which presently eddied behind the lavender-misted mountains, could Babbitt find the spirit of Paul as a reassuring presence.

References

1. ↑ Etymology in Webster's Dictionary

Anagrams

• dyed

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French adieu.

Alternative forms

• äddi

Interjection

eddy

1. (informal) bye, cheers, ciao

Related terms

• tschö (parts of western Germany))

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛðɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈeːðɪ/

Verb

eddy

1. Obsolete form of addawa ‎(“(s/he) promises”).