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moby

/mˈoʊbi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
mo-by
IPA
/mˈoʊbi/
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mobile phone.

British usage; Slang

adj

Sick; unwell.

Slang

name

A male given name.

name

Moby, an American musician

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mobile + -y.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

mobies (plural) mobe (alternative) mobey (alternative) mobie (alternative) more moby (comparative) most moby (superlative)

Rhymes With

toby nairobi adobe jacoby jacobi tobey gobi roby coby okeechobee obie robie

Questions

How do you pronounce moby?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈoʊbi/.
What does moby mean?
A mobile phone.
Where does moby come from?
From mobile + -y.

How to pronounce moby

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