billy

«billy» in Mova's school dictionary: A metal can with a lid and handle, used to boil water or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a billy, billies)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Australia, New Zealand) A metal can with a lid and handle, used to boil water or make tea over a campfire; also a billycan. tree →

2) A billy goat: a male goat. tree →

3) (US) A billy club: a short wooden stick carried by police. tree →

4) Short for the name William (Billy). tree →

sense in the lessons

Australian songs and stories: "Waltzing Matilda" has a swagman waiting while his billy boils. Farm stories: billy goats. Fairy tales: The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Phrases: boil the billy, billy tea, billy goat.

examples

• We boiled the billy and made tea at the camp. tree →
• The billy goat butted the fence. tree →
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff crossed the bridge. tree →
• The swagman waited till his billy boiled. tree →
• Billy is my best friend's name. tree →
• A female goat is a nanny goat; a male is a billy goat. tree →

note

Male goat = billy, female = nanny, young = kid. With a capital B it is a name. "Silly billy" is a gentle, playful way to call someone silly.

In the corpora

• A horse named Old Billy was reported to have lived to 62 in England in the 1800s.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «billy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.