billy: Meaning and Definition of

bil•ly

Pronunciation: (bil'ē), [key]
— pl. -lies.
  1. a police officer's club or baton.
  2. a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
  3. comrade.
  4. Also calledany container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire.
  5. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.

Bil•ly

Pronunciation: (bil'ē), [key]
— n.
  1. a male given name, form of
  2. a female given name.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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