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happies

happies noun: the act or state of being happy; happiness. Also the plural of happy.

Noun

happies pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only, rare) The act or state of being happy; happiness.
    • The word “Bowiemania” appeared in the language, and when we alighted at Charing Cross Station from the train bringing us home from Paris, screaming teens by the hundreds swooned and swarmed. That kind of thing can get your blood going, and it certainly gave me a case of the happies.1993, Angela Bowie with Patrick Carr, “Sayonara, Spiders from Mars”, in Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 190
    • “Jes.” Espinoza’s smile is that of a man incubating a major case of the happies. “Will feel even better tomorrow, Doaktore.”2000 March, Larry Karp, chapter 19, in Scamming the Birdman (A Thomas Purdue Mystery; 2), Aurora, Colo.: Write Way Publishing, →ISBN, page 159

Also used as

happies is also the plural of happy.

happies is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of happy.

Origin of happies

From happy (adjective) + -s (plural suffix).

From happy (noun) + -s (plural suffix).

From happy (verb) + -s (third-person singular suffix).

Questions about happies

What does happies mean?
Happies means the act or state of being happy; happiness.
What part of speech is happies?
Happies is a noun.

Words near happies in the dictionary

  1. Happes
  2. happi
  3. happie
  4. happied
  5. happier
  6. happies
  7. happiest
  8. happification
  9. happifications
  10. happified
  11. happifies

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