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pullies

pullies is the plural of pully.

pullies is the plural of pulley.

Meaning of pully

Noun

pully (plural pullies)

  1. (informal) A pullover.

Meaning of pulley

Noun

pulley (plural pulleys or (obsolete) pullies)

  1. (countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
    • These pulleys […] placed collaterally.1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
  2. Annular ligament of the finger.

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Questions about pullies

What is pullies the plural of?
Pullies is the plural of pully.

Words near pullies in the dictionary

  1. pullicat
  2. pullicate
  3. pullicates
  4. pullicats
  5. pullicide
  6. pullies
  7. pullikins
  8. pullin
  9. pullin'
  10. pulling
  11. pulling a face

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pullies (page history and authors); pully (page history and authors); pulley (page history and authors). 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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