"moby" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-moby.ogg [Australia] Forms: more moby [comparative], most moby [superlative]
Etymology: Rhyming slang: Moby-Dick and sick. Head templates: {{en-adj}} moby (comparative more moby, superlative most moby)
  1. (rhyming slang) Sick; unwell. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-moby-en-adj-dxzgcGZ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-moby.ogg [Australia] Forms: mobies [plural], mobe [alternative], mobey [alternative], mobie [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English mobile English -y English moby From mobile + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mobile|-y|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English mobile English -y English moby From mobile + -y. Head templates: {{en-noun}} moby (plural mobies)
  1. (UK, slang) A mobile phone. Tags: UK, slang
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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