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ambies

ambies is the plural of ambie.

ambies is the plural of amby.

Meaning of amby

Noun (1)

amby (plural ambies)

  1. (informal) An ambulance.
    • The 1st time I woke up I hit the snooze button, the 2nd I got out of bed, the third time was in the back of an ambulance. I have some dim memories of traffic coming to a stop and grabbing a whole handfull^([sic]) of brake. I was rather disoriented when I woke up in the back of an amby.1993 July 21, Henry O. Farad, “odd places to wake up”, in alt.peeves (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Nov 2025

Noun (2)

amby (plural ambies)

  1. (informal) An ambidextrous person.
    • Next time you have an amby, tell them quick like to close their eyes and serve a volleyball. Everybody prefers one side for something that they do, it's just a matter if syncing that something with a good choice to start the unknown with.1997 April 11, RP Pelletier, “Re: Burton Slide Test”, in rec.skiing.snowboard (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    ambi, ambidexter

Questions about ambies

What is ambies the plural of?
Ambies is the plural of ambie.

Words near ambies in the dictionary

  1. ambient pressures
  2. ambient-like
  3. ambiently
  4. ambientness
  5. ambients
  6. ambies
  7. ambifix
  8. ambifixed
  9. ambifixes
  10. ambifixing
  11. ambigender

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