billy
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈbɪli/
:
macho cabrío
- I suspect they are part billy goat.
- billy goat
- an old billy
Examples
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"It's a billy goat, no question."
Fiction book (1995) -
You sound like a billy goat, and so does she.
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- You are a billy goat.
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I used to have a stomach like a billy goat, but not anymore.
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Did I ever tell you about the time I pulled the tooth of a billy goat?
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Even billy goats have babies.
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Well, I had this billy goat, and he was mean as a striped-ass spider.
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Hurrah for the old billy goats!
Fiction book (2000) -
I watch the billies surround my nanny in the large goat cage at the zoo.
Fiction book (1996) -
While hiking, we spotted a large billy goat standing proudly on a rocky ledge.
Synonyms
3
1.0
An adult male farm animal with horns and a beard
1
3.9
A male farm animal with horns and a beard kept for milk or meat
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Billy for a male goat comes from the common name Bill, used for male animals in phrases like billy-goat, so imagine a goat called 'Bill'. That's why billy means a male goat.