different between petrels vs nelly
petrels
English
Noun
petrels
- plural of petrel
Anagrams
- pelters, respelt, spelter
petrels From the web:
- what petrels are in antarctica
- what do petrels eat
- what eats petrels
- what does petrels mean
- what do petrels look like
- what do storm petrels eat
- what do giant petrels eat
- what do snow petrels eat
nelly
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n?li/
- Rhymes: -?li
Etymology 1
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
Noun
nelly (not used in the plural)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's life.
Usage notes
- Used principally in the phrase not on your nelly.
Etymology 2
From the woman's name Nelly.
Noun
nelly (plural nellies)
- (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
- (Britain, slang) A silly person.
- A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
Hyponyms
- (petrel): Antarctic giant petrel, northern giant petrel, southern giant fulmar, southern giant petrel
Translations
Adjective
nelly (comparative nellier, superlative nelliest)
- (slang) Unmanly; effeminate.
nelly From the web:
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- what nelly is doing now
- what nelly means
- what's nelly's net worth
- what's nelly furtado doing now
- what's nelly's real name
- what is nellie short for
- what's nelly worth
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