bevy
/ˈbɛvi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A group, especially a large group, and especially a group of attractive girls or women.
noun
Alternative form of bevvy.
Example Sentences
- "The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash."
- "But a bevy of hinds seem to try to shelter a distressed one, and by running on with her in a bunch to puzzle the hounds"
- "The harts and hinds in their herds, the boars in their singulars, the skulls of foxes, the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves - all came to him more or less as something which you either skinned or flayed and then took home to cook."
- "It is true that this habit of running affords many shots on the ground, and often places the whole bevy directly under fire; but no true sportsman would thus ingloriously fill his bag by 'potting' a bevy of such noble game birds."
- "Among several "Educational Leaflets" received from the American National Association of Audubon Societies, reference may be made to the so-called Virginian quail, or "Bob White" (Colinus virginianus), a bevy of which forms the subject of the illustration here reproduced."
- "A bevy of birds were flushed by horsemen."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bevey, -