ALL meanings of murphy
mur·phy
M m - noun murphy A potato. 1
- 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
- noun murphy Alex. born 1939, English rugby league player and coach; scored 16 tries in 27 test matches for Great Britain (1958–71) 0
- noun murphy Eddie, full name Edward Regan Murphy. born 1951, US film actor and comedian. His films include 48 Hours (1982), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Coming to America (1988), Dr Dolittle (1998), and, as a voice artist, the Shrek series of animated films (2001–10) 0
- noun murphy William Parry. 1892–1987, US physician: with G. R. Minot, he discovered the liver treatment for anaemia and they shared, with G. H. Whipple, the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1934 0
- noun murphy a potato 0