"wally" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wally (not comparable)
  1. (Of eyes) unusually pale; misaligned, sideways-looking, affected by strabismus. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: peely-wally, walleye
    Sense id: en-wally-en-adj-7Rt1Fa33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /wɒli/ [UK] Audio: En-au-wally.ogg [Australia] Forms: wallies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒli Head templates: {{en-noun}} wally (plural wallies)
  1. (British, slang) A fool. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-wally-en-noun-rTstm6Q2 Categories (other): British English
  2. (colloquial, London and Essex) A large pickled gherkin or cucumber. Tags: Essex, London, colloquial
    Sense id: en-wally-en-noun-f1L3qO9J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} wally
  1. (colloquial, obsolete, Essex) Alternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value Tags: Essex, colloquial, obsolete
    Sense id: en-wally-en-verb-bpHGWWpL Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Essex English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 13 5 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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