Used in a Sentence

willy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for willy.

Editorial note

Unless you want to assume that the court is so broken, it will willy-nilly convict innocents.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of willy gathered in one view.

verb

To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

noun

A diminutive of the unknown-gender given name William

noun

(hypocoristic, slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, childish) the penis.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for willy.

verb

To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

noun

A diminutive of the unknown-gender given name William

noun

(hypocoristic, slang, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, childish) the penis.

noun

(UK, childish) Term of abuse.

Example sentences

1

Unless you want to assume that the court is so broken, it will willy-nilly convict innocents.

2

And since the loading on the cargo is highly dependent on where it sits in the bay, you can't just move stuff around willy nilly.

3

If by security you mean the organization that gives data to the police willy-nilly and not any sort of org dedicated to protecting user data.

4

Was able to hammer the bejeezus out of my daemon, restarting it willy nilly, without issue or fanfare.

5

The ability to shove tools together willy-nilly, hacking around their incompatibilities, does not a solid platform create.

6

You don't have to agree with that decision obviously, but this isn't something that happened willy-nilly.

7

It is the anti-nukes who perpetuate the myth that the reactor operators freaked out and just mindlessly started throwing switches, closing valves willy-nilly.

8

So web devs think they can just hook onto single keystrokes willy nilly.

9

Sir is just an honorific applied willy-nilly by Indians both online and offline.

10

I know that this is nitpicking, but it's highly doubtful that some random Obama staffer could just launch nukes willy-nilly.

11

These are not free experimental features we can add willy-nilly that we can easily remove when we don't like them anymore.

12

You can't have people running around selling restricted shares willy nilly.

Quote examples

1

In order to understand the two big bitcoin bubbles you need to know all about "Willy the Bot"...

2

An interesting read for those who may have not seen it yet: "The Willy Report".[1] I would not be surprised at all if this was exactly what happened.

3

Under the 1909 act, in existence when "Steamboat Willy" was released in 1928, copyright's maximum term was 54 years (27 year initial, one renewal), and that required both registration and notice.

4

ALL of it was hot and on a machine (running in graphical mode of all things...)] * "How likely do You think it is that Mark Karpeles was running the Willy bot?" -- To be honest, before you asked this question I had never considered it wasn't Mark.

Proper noun examples

1

Thus, while using the 'Steamboat Willy' version as a creator, the audience is free to substitute their conception as they please.

2

I think you could only depict Mickey Mouse as drawn in 'Steamboat Willy' as later depictions would still be under copyright.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use willy in a sentence?

Unless you want to assume that the court is so broken, it will willy-nilly convict innocents.

What does willy mean?

To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

What part of speech is willy?

willy is commonly used as verb, noun.