Wally Meaning

/ˈwɒli/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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nameA diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.

""'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'." "Well. 'Wally'." I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally" was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name."— 2005, Joyce Carol Oates, Mother, Missing, Harper Perennial, page 108:

nameThe trophy awarded to winners of an NHRA national event (named after founder Wally Parks).

nounA fool.

"'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope to be.'"— 2014, Richard Newsome, The House of Puzzles, page 111:

nounA large pickled gherkin or cucumber.

"Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come sliced and prettily served in the shape of a flower."— 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 215:

adjAlternative form of whally

"[…] one of his eyes was wally, a condition common among the natives of the land. (Here the meaning 'pale' is intended, as indicated later in the text:) […] turned his one black eye on the kindly man […] (p. 183)"— 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 179:

verbAlternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value

"Let them that wallys the sheep watch 'em."— 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes:
Who's the wally who's chucked his socks in the loo?
I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Don't be such a ____; you forgot your own name!
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The name ____ is sometimes used as a short form for the name Wallace or sometimes and Walter in informal situations today.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Don't be such a ____; you forgot your own name!
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The name ____ is sometimes used as a short form for the name Wallace or sometimes and Walter in informal situations today.

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