kylie
Syllables: ky·lie/ˈkaɪ.li/
kylie noun: a boomerang.
Noun
kylie (plural kylies)
- A boomerang.
- Then we drove up to the cricket-ground to see them throw their boomerangs or kylies, which they did very cleverly. One of the kylies was broken against a tree, but most of the others flew with unerring precision.1889, Annie Brassey, Mary Anne Broome, The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam, published 2010, page 252
- The islanders have discovered that kylies made out of thin iron, such as ship′s tanks, are the most serviceable, and they show great dexterity in making them (see Fig. 6).1916, Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, volume 1, page 57
Proper noun capitalized: Kylie
Kylie (plural Kylies)
- A female given name originating as a coinage; variant forms Khylie, Kilee, Kileigh, Kiley, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kyley, Kyly.
- Kylie and her parents had been driving through the outback for hours. They had taken a five-hour flight from Sydney, where they lived, to Perth, in Western Australia. From Perth, they had to drive another seven hours to get to Kylie′s aunt and uncle′s sheep station.2002, Erinn Banting, Australia: The People, page 30
- Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday,, →ISBN, page 102
kylie meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kylie in Hindi
- काइली
kylie in Tamil
- கைலி, கைலீ
kylie in Marathi
- काइली
kylie in Urdu
- کائیلی
More languagesFewer languages
- kylie in Bengali
- কাইলি, কাইলী
- kylie in Telugu
- కైలీ
- kylie in Malayalam
- കൈലി, കൈലീ, കെയ്ലി
- kylie in Kannada
- ಕೈಲೀ, ಕೈಲಿ
- kylie in Punjabi
- ਕਾਇਲੀ, ਕਾਈਲੀ
- kylie in Gujarati
- કાઇલી, કાઈલી, કૈલી
- kylie in Odia
- କାଇଲି, କାଇଲୀ
- kylie in Nepali
- काइली
Examples of kylie in a sentence
- Far into the night the kylies kept sharply rattling in waves of metallic sound, the voices carrying far in bursts of song that ceased with startling abruptness.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 253:
- Kylies were used by prehistoric people in all parts of the world.2001, Jacqueline L. Longe, How Products Are Made, page 55:
Forms of kylie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kylies |
| alternative form (archaic) | kiley |
| alternative form (archaic) | kyley |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kylies |
Origin of kylie
From an Aboriginal Australian language, possibly Nyunga kylie.
Uncertain, possibly from kylie (“boomerang”). Originally popular in Australia, the name has gained popularity elsewhere in the English-speaking world due to the fame of Kylie Minogue. Unrelated to Kyle, though often seen as its feminine equivalent.
Words formed from kylie
Words that rhyme with kylie
Questions about kylie
- What does kylie mean?
- Kylie means a boomerang.
- What is kylie in Hindi?
- Kylie in Hindi is काइली. See Kylie meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kylie in a sentence?
- Far into the night the kylies kept sharply rattling in waves of metallic sound, the voices carrying far in bursts of song that ceased with startling abruptness.
- What part of speech is kylie?
- Kylie can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kylie?
- Kylie is pronounced /ˈkaɪ.li/.
- What is the plural of kylie?
- The plural of kylie is kylies.
Words near kylie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kylie (page history and authors); Kylie (page history and authors); kylie (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kylie (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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