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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++div·vy1 /ˈdɪvi/ noun (plural divvies) [countable] British English informal  1.STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEa stupid person 傻瓜divvy2 verb (divvied, divvying, divvies)  1divvy something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to share something between several people 分,分享,分摊 We can divvy up the profits between us. 我们可以分享利润。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
divvyIn what way did the complex mind divvy up its chores?And once that happens, the pie gets divvied up much faster.Don and I divvied up our belongings.And so I divvied up the company into manageable pieces and told these executives to go play the game to the hilt.All of it divvied up, who you talked to, where you walked, which letter box you posted your mail.
From Longman Business DictionarydivvydivvyFINANCE another spelling of DIVIOrigin divvy (1800-1900) divide
div·vy1 noundivvy2 verbChineseSyllable
person a stupid Corpus Business


divvy
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divvy1 /ˈdɪvi/ noun (plural divvies) [countable] British English informal
a stupid person

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divvy2 verb (past tense and past participle divvied, present participle divvying, third person singular divvies)
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: divide

     
divvy something ↔ up phrasal verb informal
  to share something between several people:
    We can divvy up the profits between us.


divvyBrE /ˈdɪvi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɪvi/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they divvy BrE /ˈdɪvi/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪvi/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it divvies BrE /ˈdɪviz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪviz/ 🔊past simple divvied BrE /ˈdɪvid/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪvid/ 🔊past participle divvied BrE /ˈdɪvid/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪvid/ 🔊 -ing form divvying BrE /ˈdɪviɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdɪviɪŋ/ 🔊 ˌdivvy sth↔ˈup(informal) to divide sth, especially money into two or more parts 分,分摊,分享(尤指金钱)