WALLY

  

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WALLY

"WALLY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the commander of the army".

"WALLY" is a common misspelling or typo for: wall, walleye, walls, wanly, wily.


Modern Usage: WALLY

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's Blue Bolt again, Wally, and you know what that means. (The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure; writing credit: George Kashdan)

But gee, Wally, you hang around with girls and the guys don't give you the business. (Leave It to Beaver; writing credit: Katherine Albert; Joe Connelly)

Tongue Twisters

Wally Winkle wriggles his white, wrinkled wig. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Wally Gator (1962)

La Wally (1932)

The Honourable Wally Norman (2003)

Wally Wanker's Candy Fuctory (2001)

Chuck and Wally on the Road (1995)

Song Titles

Oochie Wally (performing artist: QB)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: WALLY

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Incredible Worlds Of Wally Mcdoogle #21: Sky Surfing Skateboarder (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: WALLY

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Wally Schirra Greets Dr. Wernher von Braun. Credit: NASA.

Mercury Astronaut Wally Schirra. Credit: NASA.

Tualatin Valley Irrigation District emplyee, Wally Otto, at irrigation gates and spillway. The Irrigation District uses NRCS snow survey data to manage water use. Credit: Ron Nichols.

Wally Andrews. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wally Frank, Inc., business at 44th St. and Madison Ave., New York City. Close-up, entrance. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: WALLY

"WALLY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.21% of the time. "WALLY" is used about 165 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)81.21%13427,488
Noun (singular)18.79%3162,296
                    Total100.00%165N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: WALLY

The following table summarizes the usage of "WALLY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
WallyFirst name Male4,0001,191
WallyLast name10076,378
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: WALLY

"WALLY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the commander of the army".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "WALLY."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
WouterMaleDutchWalter
WallyMale, FemaleEnglishWalter
WaltMaleEnglishWalter
WalterMaleEnglishN/A
WatMaleEnglishWalter
ValtteriMaleFinnishWalter
GautierMaleFrenchWalter
WalterMaleGermanN/A
WaltherMaleGermanWalter
GualtieroMaleItalianWalter
GualterMalePortugueseWalter
ValterMalePortugueseWalter
ValterMaleScandinavianWalter
WalterMaleScandinavianN/A
BhàtairMaleScottishWalter
BhaltairMaleScottishWalter
GwallterMaleWelshWalter
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: WALLY

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "WALLY": Wally-wally.

Ending with "WALLY": peely-wally, Wally-wally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WALLY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wally

275

lyrics oochie wally

20

wally world

110

wally post

18

wally lamb

110

wally pipp

17

marshall wally

78

london wally world

17

wally pontiff

68

mccarthy wally

15

wally szczerbiak

53

wally wood

15

de doncker wally

47

wally west

14

park wally

47

wally amos

14

wally cox

40

half life wally

14

counter strike wally

40

spray wally

14

oochie wally

39

green monster wally

13

wally george

30

park wally water world

13

wally kurth

29

wally herger

12

download wally

29

wally yacht

11

wheres wally

27

lewis wally

10

wally gator

25

wally joyner

10

eddy wally

24

wally armstrong

10

donde esta wally

22

wally pleasant

9

london ontario wally world

21

wally szczerbiak picture

9

cs wally

20

flash wally west

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: WALLY

Language Translations for "WALLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Vollidiot, Trottel (blithering idiot, booby, clown, dolt, dope, dumbbell, idiot, jerk, lubbers, moron, mug, nana, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, rube, sap, schmuck, softies, sucker, twit, zombie). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allyway

   

Spanish

  

Seleccionado (selected), Criajo (urchin). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Dumskalle (blockhead, dimwit, dolt, dope, dummy, fathead, gawky, imbecile, jackass, jay, lug, lump, meat ball, muggins, sap, saphead, twerp, twit, yo-yo). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

чималий (considerable, generous, sizable, sizeable), ПриÑ"мний, Міцний, Ð"рібничка, Ð'ідбірний. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: WALLY

Derivations

Words beginning with "WALLY": wallydraigle, wallydraigles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"WALLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Awliya, Wallie, welly, Wilky, wlly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "WALLY"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "WALLY" (pronounced wô"lē or wā"lē)
4w ô" l ēWallie.
3-ô" l ēcrawly.
3-ā" l ēBailey, Bailie, daily, gaily, ukulele.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: WALLY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-l-w-y"

-1 letter: ally, wall, waly, yawl.

-2 letters: all, awl, law, lay, way, yaw.

-3 letters: al, aw, ay, la, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-l-w-y"
 

+2 letters: awfully, drywall, hallway, rollway, sallowy, tallowy, tollway, wallaby, walleye, waybill.

 

+3 letters: alleyway, drywalls, fallaway, hallways, lawfully, lawyerly, rollaway, rollways, sallowly, spillway, tollways, walleyed, walleyes, waybills, weaselly, welladay, wellaway, willyard, willyart, willywaw.

 

+4 letters: alleyways, allowably, allowedly, fallaways, lawlessly, scallywag, shallowly, spillways, wailfully, wakefully, wealthily, welladays, wellaways, willywaws.

 

+5 letters: drawlingly, flawlessly, lawyerlike, lukewarmly, playfellow, scallywags, stalwartly, unlawfully, wastefully, watchfully, wavelessly, wearifully, wrathfully, yellowtail, yellowware.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Names: Derived from
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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