eddys

Noun (1)

eddy (plural eddies)

1. 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
2. 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)

Noun (2)

eddy (plural eddies or eddys)

1. (slang) 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

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