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Definition: PAPPY |
PAPPYAdjective1. Like pap; soft; succulent; tender. |
Date "PAPPY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1894. (references) |
Note: Pappy \Pap"py\, adjective. [From Pap soft food.]. (references) |
Crosswords: PAPPY |
| Specialty definitions using "PAPPY": The old man. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Did your Pappy have something funny to say about money (Maverick; writing credit: Lawrence Menkin) I'm his pappy. (Life; writing credit: Robert Ramsey; Matthew Stone) Dopey pappy sheet eater (South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut; writing credit: Trey Parker; Matt Stone) | |
Lyrics | My pappy was a pistol (DANG ME; performing artist: Roger Miller) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Popeye's Pappy (1952) Sappy Pappy (1942) Problem Pappy (1941) Poopdeck Pappy (1940) Slap Happy Pappy (1940) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | First crew of NOAA Ship WHITING Chief Boatswain "Pappy Haynes" tall man standing in middle. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "PAPPY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 68.75% of the time. "PAPPY" is used about 16 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 68.75% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 31.25% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PAPPY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pappy | Last name | 130 | 69,309 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pappy boyington | 30 |
pappy | 24 |
mason pappy | 15 |
pappy van winkle | 6 |
boyington greg pappy | 5 |
pappy poopdeck | 4 |
land pappy | 4 |
harriets pappy | 3 |
howard mason pappy | 3 |
gregory pappy boyington | 3 |
pappy red | 3 |
barbecue pappy red | 3 |
grand pappy point | 3 |
henderson pappy | 2 |
chasing pappy | 2 |
com land pappy | 2 |
gran pappy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PAPPY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Si Ilaç, I Squllët (lymphatic, mushy, pasty, shiftless). (various references) | |
Arabic | الأب بلغة الطفل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Кашав, Мек (Clement), Сочен. (various references) | |
Czech | Dužnatý (pulpy, succulent). (various references) | |
French | Papa (pa, Papa). (various references) | |
German | breiig (mushy, pappily, pulpily, pulpy). (various references) | |
Greek | χυλώδησ (chylous), χυλοειδήσ, ολτώδησ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ְבא'ל". (various references) | |
Hungarian | Pépes (masher, pasty, pulpy, squashy, squishy), Elpuhult (delicate, effeminate, flabby, self indulgent, sybaritic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | appypay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tenro (mellowy, mild), suculento (fleshy, juicy, luscious, lush, pulpy, sappy, succulent, tender, tops), mole (boneless, flaccid, floppy, limp, loppy, molluscous, mushy, pithless, pulpy, sleepy, sluggish, soapy, soft, spineless, spiritless, squashy, supine, tender, weak), flácido (flabby, limp, loppy, pithless, pulpy), em forma de papa, com o aspecto de papa. (various references) | |
Romanian | Tãtic (dad, daddy, pa, Papa). (various references) | |
Russian | Папочка, Кашицеобразный, Нежный, нежный (affectionate, affective, delicate, dove-like, fond, gentile, gentle, silken, soft, subtle, sweet, tender, womanly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tatica (daddy), kašast (mushy, squashy). (various references) | |
Spanish | Papá (dad, daddy, pa, papa), Blando (gentle, kind, limp, mild, pillowy, smooth, soft, soft-liner, softly, tender, yielding). (various references) | |
Swedish | Pappa (dad, daddy, father, pa, Papa, pater, pop, Poppa), Våpig, Mjuk (gentle, limp, pillowy, pulpy, smooth, soft, squashy, tender, yielding). (various references) | |
Turkish | Sulu (aqueous, enhydrous, hydrated, hydrous, juicy, lush, moist, ripe, runny, sassy, saucily, saucy, sloppy, slushy, smarmy, soft, soupy, succulent, washy, watery, weak, wet), Lapa Gibi (mushy, pulpy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Кашкоподібний, М'який (Clement), Татко. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sền sệt (pasty, viscid, viscous). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"PAPPY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appp, Mappy, papi, papp, pappey, Papps, Papy, papya, papys, pippi, pippy, Ppy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PAPPY" (pronounced 'Pap"py'): Chappy, Choppy, Cuppy, Floppy, Happy, harpy, Loppy, Mishappy, Overhappy, Paspy, scrappy, Shoppy, slippy, sloppy, snappy, soppy, Spattling-poppy, unhappy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-p-p-p-y" | |
-2 letters: pap, pay, pya, yap. | |
-3 letters: ay, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-p-p-p-y" | |
+4 letters: poppyhead, slaphappy. | |
+5 letters: poppyheads. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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