brolly

«brolly» in Mova's school dictionary: An umbrella — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a brolly, brollies), informal

meaning for a pupil

(UK, Australia, NZ, informal) An umbrella. tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in British and Australian everyday talk: «Take your brolly, it's going to rain!» Short for umbrella.

examples

• Don't forget your brolly! tree →
• My brolly blew inside out in the wind. tree →
• Gran never leaves home without a brolly. tree →
• Can I share your brolly? tree →
• I left my brolly on the bus. tree →

note

Plural: brollies. Informal; in formal writing use «umbrella». Not used much in the US.

Trees and pragmatics

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