biddy
noun · adjectiveA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(derogatory)A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure That Mich drag Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.
- 2.
(uncommon)An attractive girl.
- 3.
(archaic, colloquial)An Irish maidservant.
- 4.
(broadly, derogatory)(by extension, derogatory) An Irishwoman.
- 5.
A name used in calling a hen or chicken, often as "biddy-biddy-biddy".
- 6.
(Internet, in plural)(Internet slang, in the plural) Breasts.
It ain't like you ain't never seen these tig ole biddies before.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(US, alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of bitty (“very small”).
Nguồn gốc từ
Derived from Biddy, diminutive form of Bridget. It became a generic name for an Irish maid (US), and then for an old woman.