Billy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural bil·lies.
  1. a police officer's club or baton.
  2. a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
  3. comrade.
  4. any container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire.
  5. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.
noun
  1. a male given name, form of William.
  2. a female given name.
noun plural -lies
  1. a wooden club esp a police officer's truncheon
noun plural -lies or -lycans
  1. a metal can or pot for boiling water, etc, over a campfire
  2. (as modifier)
  3. to make tea
Billy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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