gardyloo

gar·dy·loo

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gahr-dee-loo]
- /ˌgɑr diˈlu/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gahr-dee-loo]
- /ˌgɑr diˈlu/

Definitions of gardyloo word

noun gardyloo (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets. 1
noun gardyloo a warning cry given before throwing dirty water from a window 0
interjection gardyloo in Edinburgh, used as a warning to people below that slops were about to be thrown from a window into the street 0
noun gardyloo (Scotland, historical) A cry of "gardyloo". 0
noun gardyloo An act of discarding waste or some other substance from a height. Also attributive and figurative. 0
noun gardyloo (figuratively) Caution, warning. 0

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Origin of gardyloo

First appearance:

before 1760

One of the 46% newest English words

1760-70; Anglicized form of French gare (de) l'eau beware of the water

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Parts of speech for Gardyloo

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exclamation

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gardyloo popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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