dunny
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Is dunny a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
- Words With Friends No
What is the meaning of dunny?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (UK dialect) Somewhat deaf, hard of hearing.Examples: "Dunny, somewhat deaf, deafish."UKdialectal
2. (UK dialect, derogatory, euphemistic) Slow to answer: stupid, unintelligent.Examples: "What the devil are you dunny? won't you give me no answer?"UKderogatorydialectaleuphemistic
noun (English)
1. (UK dialect, derogatory euphemistic, obsolete) A dummy, an unintelligent person.Examples: "Should a School-boy do so, he'd be whip'd for a Dunny."UKderogatorydialectaleuphemisticobsolete
noun (English)
1. (UK slang, obsolete) Alternative form of danna: shit.UKalt-ofalternativeobsoleteslang
2. (Australia and New Zealand slang, also dated Scotland and Northern England) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.Examples: ""I've got one of those outside dunnies here, hasn't been emptied for six months and I ran out of sawdust three months ago.""; "There was one leaning dunny down the back and, if you stayed very quiet, on a very still day you could hear the white ants as they chewed the wood.The bottom boards were already eaten through, and I avoided using the dunny at all costs."; "‘Until you wake up to yourself, you can live in the old dunny for all I care.’ ‘All right, I will,’ said Tony."Synonyms: bathroomAustraliaNew-ZealandNorthern-EnglandScotlandalsodatedslang
3. (Australia and New Zealand slang) Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a latrine; a lavatory; a toilet.Examples: "The dunny was another place to go to get out of class. You got to go there by raising your hand in class and asking Miss if you could go to the lav."Synonyms: toiletAustraliaNew-Zealandslang
4. (Scotland, Northern England, slang, dated) A passageway, particularly those connecting an outhouse to the main building.Northern-EnglandScotlanddatedslang
noun (English)
1. (Scotland, Northern England, slang, dated) A cellar, basement, or underground passage.Northern-EnglandScotlanddatedslang
Definition source: Wiktionary