eddy
/ˈɛdi/UK/ˈɛd.i/
eddy noun: a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
Noun (1)
eddy (plural eddies)
- A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- In the bow old Dobbs fought the stream cunningly, twisting the nose into eddies and backwaters, taking advantage when he could of set of current, and when he could not, paddling doggedly, not so powerfully, perhaps, as his partner, but with equal steadiness.1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
- A circular current; a whirlpool.
- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number)
- Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 32
Verb
eddy (third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)
- To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
- He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.
- Eddying round and round they sink.1815, William Wordsworth, The Kitten and falling Leaves
Noun (2)
- A marijuana edible.
- I never really was into weed until recently. On my "Chrissy Chaos" podcast on Patreon, I do a segment every Friday called the "Chris and Eddy Show" 'cause I call edibles "eddys,' so I take an eddy and I do a show.2022 April 30, Chris Distefano (quoted), Angela Barbuti, “NYC comic Chris Distefano laughs off woke culture in Netflix special”, in New York Post
- These eddies are made with both fruits and veggies, and weed of course, with cozy flavor profiles like honey lemon and apple pie.2022 June 25, Amelia Williams, “America's yummiest THC gummies of summer 2022”, in Leafly
Proper noun capitalized: Eddy
Eddy
- A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
- A surname.
eddy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eddy in Hindi
- एड्डी
eddy in Tamil
- சுழிகாற்று, சுழிநீர், எதிர்சுழிப்பு, சுழி, சுழிப்பு, சுழற்காற்று
eddy in Marathi
- एड्डी
eddy in Urdu
- بھنور, گرداب
More languagesFewer languages
- eddy in Malayalam
- നീർച്ചുഴി, ജലാവർത്തം, ചെറിയ ചുഴലി
- eddy in Kannada
- ನೀರಿನ ಸುಳಿ, ಸುಳಿಗಾಳಿ, ಜಲಾವರ್ತ, ನೀರುಸುಳಿ
- eddy in Punjabi
- ਐਡੀ
- eddy in Gujarati
- એડ્ડી
- eddy in Odia
- ଏଡ୍ଡି
- eddy in Nepali
- एडी, एड्डी
- eddy in Tagalog
- uliuli
- eddy in Arabic
- دُوَّامَة duwwāma
Examples of eddy in a sentence
- The profilometry of the tubing was conducted directly following the eddy current exam.
- Similarly, wake cyclonic sub-mesoscale eddies generated in the lee of St.
- Eddy became quite good at picking strawberries, raspberries, black- and redcurrants, loganberries, apples, pears, plums, and vegetables.
Forms of eddy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | eddies |
| plural | eddys |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | eddies |
| present participle | eddying |
| past participle | eddied |
| past | eddied |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Eddie |
Origin of eddy
From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).
Clipping of edible.
Diminutives + -y.
Words formed from eddy
Phrases with eddy
Words that rhyme with eddy
Questions about eddy
- What does eddy mean?
- Eddy means a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- What is eddy in Hindi?
- Eddy in Hindi is एड्डी. See Eddy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eddy?
- Eddy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce eddy?
- Eddy is pronounced /ˈɛd.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of eddy?
- The plural of eddy is eddies.
Words near eddy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eddy (page history and authors); Eddy (page history and authors); eddy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eddy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eddy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eddy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eddy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eddy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eddy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eddy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eddy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eddy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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