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banky

/ˈbæŋ.ki/

banky adjective: hilly; sloping.

Adjective

banky (comparative more banky, superlative most banky)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Hilly; sloping.

Noun

banky (plural bankies)

  1. A child's blanket.
    • You sound like a little kid wrapped up in his banky watching his favorite t.v. show.1998 July 15, Logan7, “Moe's A Joke”, in alt.fan.bob-larson (Usenet)
    • His banky, the grubby woollen blanket that he carried with him everywhere, was draped over the rest of his bedclothes.2013, Kate Thompson, The Missing Link, page 6

Forms of banky

Adjective
comparativemore banky
superlativemost banky
Noun
pluralbankies

Origin of banky

From bank + -y.

Baby-talk alteration of blanket. By surface analysis, clipping of blanket + -y.

Words that rhyme with banky

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about banky

What does banky mean?
Banky means hilly; sloping.
What part of speech is banky?
Banky can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce banky?
Banky is pronounced /ˈbæŋ.ki/.

Words near banky in the dictionary

  1. Bankstown Aerodrome
  2. Banksyesque
  3. banku
  4. banku music
  5. Bankura
  6. banky
  7. Banlag
  8. Banlam
  9. Banlic
  10. banlieue
  11. banlieues

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