wally

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Top


Brit slang  an idiot or imbecile
Top
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - A silly and inept person.

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

wally (Wally Grout) Australian rhymes with shout
round (of drinks): What are you and the sheilas having? It's my wally.
Arthur Theodore Wallace 'Wally' Grout (1927-1968) played cricket for Queensland and Australia.

Previous:wallace and gromit, Who are the Cockneys?, von trapp
Next:weasel, weaver's, wee georgie
noun
noun, Brit

A foolish or inept person. Cf. wolly noun. (1969 —) .
Daily Telegraph 'They looked a right load of wallies,' said an eye-witness (1984).

[Origin uncertain; perh. a use of the male forename Wally (cf. charlie noun), a familiar form of Walter, but cf. also Scottish wallydrag, wallydraigle noun, a feeble or worthless person.]


Previous:walloper, wallop, wallflower
Next:waltz, wang, wangle
  See crossword solutions for the clue Wally.
Top

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fjols, tåbe

Français (French)
n. - (GB) andouille, idiot

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Slang) Blödmann

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαζοβιόλης, άχρηστος

Italiano (Italian)
inetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - idiota (m)

Русский (Russian)
безделушка, побрякушка, женские украшения, лакей, отборный, объемистый, сильный, приятный

Español (Spanish)
n. - majadero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - knäppskalle (sl.), idiot

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
傻瓜

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傻瓜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 바보, 멍청이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 立派な, 丈夫な, 陶製の, 陶タイルを並べた
n. - くだらないもの, 入れ歯, ばか

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפש, אדם שאינו מועיל, נאה, ממדרגה ראשונה‬


Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

Copyrights: