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colly

2 syllables · also collied
adjectiveverbnoun
Quick answer

As an adjective, colly means black as coal. As a verb, it means make soiled, filthy, or dirty.

Meanings of colly

5 meanings

adjective

  1. UKdialectBlack as coal

verb

  1. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty

    “don't soil your clothes when you play outside!”

    Similar: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, bemire
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicTo make black, as with coal

noun

  1. UKdialectSoot.

  2. UKdialectA blackbird

Alternative spelling of collie

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

colly around the world

UKBlack as coal
UKSoot.
UKA blackbird

Synonyms by meaning

verb: make soiled, filthy, or dirty
dirtysoilbegrimegrimebemire

Words that rhyme with colly

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