billy | (n) male goat, Syn. he-goat, billy goat |
billy buttons | (n) any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand |
billyo | (n) an unimaginably large amount, Syn. billy-ho, all get out, billyoh |
hillbilly | (n) a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person, Syn. bushwhacker |
hillbilly music | (n) country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States |
rockabilly | (n) a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat |
graham | (n) United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918), Syn. William Franklin Graham, Billy Graham |
mitchell | (n) United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936), Syn. Billy Mitchell, William Mitchell |
sunday | (n) United States evangelist (1862-1935), Syn. William Ashley Sunday, Billy Sunday |
truncheon | (n) a short stout club used primarily by policemen, Syn. billy, baton, billy club, billystick, nightstick |
wilder | (n) United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002), Syn. Samuel Wilder, Billy Wilder |
Billy | n. 1. A club; esp., a policeman's club. Also called billy club [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] 2. (Wool Manuf.) A slubbing or roving machine. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Billyboy | n. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Billy club | n. see billy, n. 1. [ PJC ] |
billy club | n. a policeman's club; a nightstick. Syn. -- truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
Billycock hat | { n., or . [ Perh. from bully + cock; that is, cocked like the hats of the bullies. ] A round, low-crowned felt hat; a wideawake. “The undignified billycocks and pantaloons of the West.” B. H. Chamberlain. [ 1913 Webster ] Little acquiesced, and Ransome disguised him in a beard, and a loose set of clothes, and a billicock hat. Charles Reade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Billycock |
Billy goat | A male goat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
billyoh | n. a large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where Americans say "it rained like the devil". [ British ] Syn. -- billy-ho. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: billyo |
billystick | n. a policeman's club. Syn. -- truncheon, nightstick, billy, billy club. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |