ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dormy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Dormy is an adjective meaning (golf) Alternative form of dormie.

Meaning

(golf) Alternative form of dormie.

More Meanings

  1. (slang) A dormitory.

Example Sentences

She called to Julian as he went to the boys' dormitory. 'Julian! See if Patrick is in your dormy.'
Encyclopaedia of Sport A player who is dormy cannot be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match.
1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 110. I could see that Hemingway, confident that he would be dormy one, was a good deal shaken at coming to the eighteenth all square.

Word Forms

Synonyms for dormy

Depending on context, synonyms include up, dormie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include up, dormie, dead, short, stiff, preround.

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