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- [mur-fee]
- /ˈmɜr fi/
- /ˈmɜːfɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mur-fee]
- /ˈmɜr fi/
Definitions of murphy word
- noun plural murphy an Irish or white potato. 1
- noun plural murphy any of various confidence games in which a victim is left with a sealed envelope supposedly containing money, but which contains only newspaper or scrap paper cut to the same size as paper money. 1
- verb with object murphy to victimize or dupe in such a manner. 1
- noun murphy Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49. 1
- noun murphy Isaac, 1861–96, U.S. thoroughbred racehorse jockey. 1
- noun murphy William Parry [par-ee] /ˈpær i/ (Show IPA), 1892–1987, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in medicine 1934. 1
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Origin of murphy
First appearance:
before 1805 One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; special uses of Murphy, a typical Irish surname
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Parts of speech for Murphy
noun
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pronoun
preposition
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murphy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
murphy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for murphy
verb murphy
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- dupe — duplicate.
- fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- rook — one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
- deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
noun murphy
- spud — Informal. a potato.
- tuber — a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- yam — the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- tater — potato.
Antonyms for murphy
verb murphy
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
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