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willy

/ˈwɪli/

willy adjective: willing; favourable; ready; eager. Also the alternative form of willow.

Adjective

willy (comparative willier or more willy, superlative williest or most willy)

  1. (obsolete) Willing; favourable; ready; eager.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Self-willed; willful.

Verb

willy (third-person singular simple present willies, present participle willying, simple past and past participle willied)

  1. To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

Noun (1)

willy (plural willies)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A willow basket.
  2. (UK, dialectal) A fish basket.

Noun (2)

willy (plural willies)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, childish) The penis.
    • Little Johnny got his willy stuck in his zipper.
    • Everybody knows your mum is a whore / Getting 'round Piccadilly looking for willy / Punters pull up and say "don't be silly"2016 March 7, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate)
    Synonyms:
    peter
  2. (UK, childish, dialectal) A term of abuse.
    • You're a big fat willy! So shut up!!

Noun (3)

willy (plural willies)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it.

Proper noun capitalized: Willy

Willy (plural Willys or Willies)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name William

Also used as

willy is also the alternative form of willow.

willy meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Punjabi

willy in Tamil

வில்லி

willy in Bengali

ওয়িলি

willy in Kannada

ವಿಲ್ಲಿ

willy in Punjabi

ਵਿਲੀ
More languagesFewer languages
willy in Odia
ୱିଲି
willy in Nepali
विली
willy in Indonesian
burung, titit

Examples of willy in a sentence

  • He is such a jerk; he gave me a sloppy wet willy.
  • Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own?
  • One was the wittiest, another the williest, the third the holiest harlot in his kingdom.

All 14 example sentences with willy

Synonyms of willy

Forms of willy

Adjective
comparativewillier
comparativemore willy
superlativewilliest
superlativemost willy
Noun
pluralwillies
alternative formwillie
Verb
third-person singular presentwillies
present participlewillying
past participlewillied
pastwillied
Proper noun
pluralWillys
pluralWillies
alternative formWillie

Origin of willy

From Middle English willy, willi, equivalent to will + -y. Cognate with Dutch willig (“obedient, hearsome”), German willig (“willing”), Swedish villig (“willing, agreeable”).

From Middle English wilȝe, from Old English wiliġ (“willow”). More at willow.

From Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe (“wicker basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiligijā, from Proto-Indo-European *weliko- (“willow-tree”). More at weel, willow.

Words formed from willy

Phrases with willy

Words that rhyme with willy

22 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about willy

What does willy mean?
Willy means willing; favourable; ready; eager.
What is willy in Tamil?
Willy in Tamil is வில்லி. See Willy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is willy?
Willy can be an adjective, a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce willy?
Willy is pronounced /ˈwɪli/.

Words near willy in the dictionary

  1. willusionism
  2. willusionist
  3. willusionists
  4. Willwerth
  5. Willwerths
  6. willy
  7. willy nilly
  8. Willy Pete
  9. Willy Wag Tail
  10. Willy Wag Tails
  11. Willy Wag-tail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: willy (page history and authors); Willy (page history and authors); willy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willy (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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