Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

budgy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: budgy
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; stopped a moment at the bar to have a last tot […] and then I heard the spring-door slap after him. […] So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied out after the old budgy ragman, determined to ease him of his load at the very first lonesome corner I could track him to."

Etymology

From budge + -y, from budge (“strong drink”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: budge

Usage

Inflected Forms

more budgy (comparative) most budgy (superlative)

Questions

What does budgy mean?: Drunk.
Where does budgy come from?: From budge + -y, from budge (“strong drink”).

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