"phoney" meaning in English

See phoney in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-us-phoney.ogg Forms: phonier [comparative], phoniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊni Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} phoney (comparative phonier, superlative phoniest)
  1. (chiefly British) Alternative form of phony Tags: British, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: phony Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-phoney-en-adj-SJxha3Qd Disambiguation of People: 35 33 33 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 19 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 13 14

Noun

Audio: en-us-phoney.ogg Forms: phoneys [plural], phonies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni Head templates: {{en-noun|s|phonies}} phoney (plural phoneys or phonies)
  1. Alternative form of phony Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: phony Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-phoney-en-noun-SJxha3Qd Disambiguation of People: 35 33 33

Verb

Audio: en-us-phoney.ogg Forms: phoneys [present, singular, third-person], phoneying [participle, present], phoneyed [participle, past], phoneyed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊni Head templates: {{en-verb}} phoney (third-person singular simple present phoneys, present participle phoneying, simple past and past participle phoneyed)
  1. Alternative form of phony Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: phony Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-phoney-en-verb-SJxha3Qd Disambiguation of People: 35 33 33

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for phoney meaning in English (3.5kB)

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