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bivvy

bivvy noun: a small tent or shelter.

Noun (1)

bivvy (plural bivvies)

  1. (colloquial) A small tent or shelter.
    • It would be alarming and disconcerting if people sleeping on roll-mats in central London emerged from their bivvies at breakfast, box-fresh, and sporting a crease down each leg of their slacks.2011 November 12, Caitlin Moran, ‘Protestors? They're Beautiful’, The Times

Verb

bivvy (third-person singular simple present bivvies, present participle bivvying, simple past and past participle bivvied)

  1. To erect, or to stay in, such a tent or shelter.

Noun (2)

bivvy

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Beer.
    • Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya2016, Christopher James, Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ruby Elephants, →ISBN

Forms of bivvy

Noun
pluralbivvies
Verb
third-person singular presentbivvies
present participlebivvying
past participlebivvied
pastbivvied

Origin of bivvy

From bivouac + -y.

Perhaps related to beverage.

Words formed from bivvy

Phrases with bivvy

Questions about bivvy

What does bivvy mean?
Bivvy means a small tent or shelter.
What part of speech is bivvy?
Bivvy can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of bivvy?
The plural of bivvy is bivvies.

Words near bivvy in the dictionary

  1. bivouacking
  2. bivouacks
  3. bivouacs
  4. bivvied
  5. bivvies
  6. bivvy
  7. bivvy bag
  8. bivvy bags
  9. bivvybag
  10. bivvybags
  11. bivvying

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