"willy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɪli/ Audio: en-us-willie.ogg [US], En-au-willy.ogg [Australia] Forms: willier [comparative], more willy [comparative], williest [superlative], most willy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: From Middle English willy, willi, equivalent to will + -y. Cognate with Dutch willig (“obedient, hearsome”), German willig (“willing”), Swedish villig (“willing, agreeable”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|willy}} Middle English willy, {{m|enm|willi}} willi, {{suffix|en|will|y}} will + -y, {{cog|nl|willig||obedient, hearsome}} Dutch willig (“obedient, hearsome”), {{cog|de|willig||willing}} German willig (“willing”), {{cog|sv|villig||willing, agreeable}} Swedish villig (“willing, agreeable”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} willy (comparative willier or more willy, superlative williest or most willy)
  1. (obsolete) Willing; favourable; ready; eager. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-willy-en-adj-Orc5uepS
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Self-willed; willful. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-willy-en-adj-zOBGWBGg Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 8 10 26 21 3 7 3 6 14 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ill-willy, evil-willy
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪli/ Audio: en-us-willie.ogg [US], En-au-willy.ogg [Australia] Forms: willies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: From Middle English wilȝe, from Old English wiliġ (“willow”). More at willow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wilȝe}} Middle English wilȝe, {{inh|en|ang|wiliġ||willow}} Old English wiliġ (“willow”), {{l|en|willow}} willow Head templates: {{en-noun}} willy (plural willies)
  1. Alternative form of willow Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: willow Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-willy-en-noun-8msAVM6s Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 8 10 26 21 3 7 3 6 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪli/ Audio: en-us-willie.ogg [US], En-au-willy.ogg [Australia] Forms: willies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: From Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe, wileġe (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *wiligō (“wicker basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *weliko- (“willow-tree”). More at weel, willow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wilie}} Middle English wilie, {{inh|en|ang|wiliġe}} Old English wiliġe, {{m|ang|wileġe||basket}} wileġe (“basket”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wiligō||wicker basket}} Proto-Germanic *wiligō (“wicker basket”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*weliko-||willow-tree}} Proto-Indo-European *weliko- (“willow-tree”), {{l|en|weel}} weel, {{l|en|willow}} willow Head templates: {{en-noun}} willy (plural willies)
  1. (UK dialectal) A willow basket. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-willy-en-noun-JEbC~~sX Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 8 10 26 21 3 7 3 6 14 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal) A fish basket. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-willy-en-noun-KOsQS2F2 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪli/ Audio: en-us-willie.ogg [US], En-au-willy.ogg [Australia] Forms: willies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: Originally northern British usage, from the 1960s. Probably the simple use of a proper name as a pet name; compare dick, fanny and peter. Unlikely to be a contraction of Latin membrum virile, male member (that is, the penis), a Latin term used in English in the nineteenth century. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun}} willy (plural willies)
  1. (hypocoristic, slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, childish) the penis. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, childish, familiar, slang Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms (penis): peter Translations (The penis): duduş (Azerbaijani), tissemand (Danish), diller [common-gender] (Danish), dillermand [common-gender] (Danish), piemel [masculine] (Dutch), pippeli (Finnish), kikkeli (Finnish), pili (Finnish), zizi [masculine] (French), quéquette [feminine] (French), Pimmel [masculine] (German), Schniedel [masculine] (German), Pullermann [masculine] (German), πουλί (poulí) [neuter] (Greek), fütyi (Hungarian), kuki (Hungarian), pilibín [masculine] (Irish), pisello [masculine] (Italian), pisellino [masculine] (Italian), pipino [masculine] (Italian), おちんちん (ochinchin) (Japanese), ちんちん (chinchin) (Japanese), 고추 (gochu) (Korean), pipinna [feminine] (Latin), siusiak [masculine] (Polish), pirilau [masculine] (Portuguese), pipi [masculine] (Portuguese), bingola [feminine] (Portuguese), писю́н (pisjún) [masculine] (Russian), писю́нчик (pisjúnčik) [masculine] (Russian), pilila [feminine] (Spanish), snopp [common-gender] (Swedish), pipi (Turkish), çük (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-willy-en-noun-jOuOYHcz Disambiguation of Genitalia: 12 7 3 2 2 44 1 23 6 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, South African English Disambiguation of 'penis': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'The penis': 100 0
  2. (UK, childish) Term of abuse. Tags: UK, childish
    Sense id: en-willy-en-noun-YoIzM~oB Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: johnson, wee-wee, penis, willie Derived forms: pilly willy, willy warmer
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪli/ Audio: en-us-willie.ogg [US], En-au-willy.ogg [Australia] Forms: willies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪli Head templates: {{en-noun}} willy (plural willies)
  1. (espionage) A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it. Categories (topical): Espionage Related terms: sticky willy, wet willy, the willies, willy willy, willy-nilly
    Sense id: en-willy-en-noun-kJ3hl3zd Topics: espionage, government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: willie
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪli/ Audio: en-us-willie.ogg [US], En-au-willy.ogg [Australia] Forms: willies [present, singular, third-person], willying [participle, present], willied [participle, past], willied [past]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: From Middle English wilȝe, from Old English wiliġ (“willow”). More at willow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wilȝe}} Middle English wilȝe, {{inh|en|ang|wiliġ||willow}} Old English wiliġ (“willow”), {{l|en|willow}} willow Head templates: {{en-verb}} willy (third-person singular simple present willies, present participle willying, simple past and past participle willied)
  1. To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow. Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-willy-en-verb--KI-6Za1 Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 8 10 26 21 3 7 3 6 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "New Zealand English",
        "South African English"
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      "sense": "The penis",
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      "word": "tissemand"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "kikkeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "pili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quéquette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pimmel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schniedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pullermann"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "poulí",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πουλί"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "fütyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "kuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilibín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisellino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pipino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "ochinchin",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "おちんちん"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinchin",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "ちんちん"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gochu",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "고추"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pipinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siusiak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pirilau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bingola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "писю́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "писю́нчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pilila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "pipi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The penis",
      "word": "çük"
    }
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}

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    },
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        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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