biddy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody. derogatory
    — 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.
  2. Breasts. Internet,in-plural
    — It ain't like you ain't never seen these tig ole biddies before.
  3. An attractive girl. uncommon
  4. An Irish maidservant. archaic,colloquial
  5. An Irishwoman. broadly,derogatory
  6. A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".
    — Ay, biddy, come with me.
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative spelling of bitty (“very small”). US,alt-of,alternative
    — “Was it in buckets or them little biddy cans?”

词形变化

biddies plural more biddy comparative most biddy superlative biddies plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
Derived from Biddy, diminutive form of Bridget. It became a generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then for an old woman.
词源 2
From the phrase "tig biddies", derived from "big tiddies".
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary