Neddy

Quick meaning: Neddy is a noun meaning A donkey or ass.

Meaning

A donkey or ass.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Australia, slang) A horse, especially a racehorse.
2. (Australia, slang, in the plural, with "the") The horse races.
3. (Australia, colloquial, slang, usually in the plural) Horsepower.
4. An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person.
5. (Geordie, obsolete) Alternative form of netty (“outhouse, lavatory, toilet”).
6. (slang, obsolete) A cosh.

Example Sentences

No chance in hell, even if it was a Gurney Eagle engine. The only way you can get those sort of neddies out of a 302 Windsor would be boost.

AIRNews founder Arthur Stevens wishes Holden well adding, "We will miss his insights into the world of Aussie Rules Football and his understanding of the neddies and the Spring Racing Carnival.

Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush.

He′d usually be there at the same place most Saturdays and we ended up sharing a beer talking about the neddies. It just grew from there. I′d nod at him; ask him how he was going. We′d talk racing, have a dig at each other for backing losers.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include he-ass, jenny-ass, donkey, noddy, jennet, jackass.

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