toby
Speech parts
1. toby - Noun
2. Toby - Proper noun
Meaning
A male given name from Hebrew.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
(rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
(Britain, New Zealand) The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
(UK, dated, slang) The road or highway.
(US, dated, regional) A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
(chiefly UK) in the traditional Punch and Judy show the showman's (live) dog trained to take part in the puppet show and to carry a bag around the audience soliciting donations.
Toby
The superintendent of a street market.
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Examples
My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.
I'm a serious aficionada of country music - Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry. I've even written some songs. They haven't done anything of mine yet. But it's only a matter of time.
I remember my first commercial. This is really great 'Degrassi' trivia: The character Toby on 'Degrassi,' played by Jake Goldsbie, he and I were in both of our first commercial ever when we were four. It was for Tiger Toys, this old Game Boy-type thing. Both of our lines were, 'Mommy, I can do it!'
Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
A faint touch off Toby Alderweireld’s boot sent Mount’s strike on a trajectory that made it impossible for Mignolet to stop.