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shoefly

shoefly is the alternative form of shoofly.

Meaning of shoofly

Noun

shoofly (plural shooflies)

  1. A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
  2. (US) A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc.
  3. A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police.

Forms of shoefly

pluralshoeflies

Questions about shoefly

What is shoefly the alternative form of?
Shoefly is the alternative form of shoofly.

Words near shoefly in the dictionary

  1. shoed up
  2. shoefie
  3. shoefies
  4. shoefiti
  5. shoeflies
  6. shoefly
  7. shoeful
  8. shoefuls
  9. shoegasm
  10. shoegasms
  11. shoegaze

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shoefly (page history and authors); shoofly (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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