Dilly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dilly \dil"ly\ (d[i^]l"l[y^]), n.
     something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally
     effective; as, a dilly of a movie; when I make a mistake,
     it's a dilly.
     [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dilly \dil"ly\ (d[i^]l"l[y^]), n. [Contr. fr. diligence.]
     A kind of stagecoach. "The Derby dilly." --J. H. Frere.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "dilly":
     absurd, ace, balmy, beaut, corker, crackerjack, crazy, daisy,
     dally, dandy, darb, dillydally, dream, harebrained, honey,
     humdinger, insane, killer-diller, knockout, lag, linger, loiter,
     lollapaloosa, loony, lulu, nifty, peach, pip, pippin, poke, potty,
     put off, rouser, silly, sweetheart, tarry, the nuts, wacky, whiz