POY

Definition: POY

POY

Noun

1. A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.

2. A ropedancer's balancing pole.

3. A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "POY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Etymology: Poy \Poy\, noun. [Old French expression apui, apoi, support, prop., staff, French appui, from the Old French expression apuier, apoier, to support, French appuyer, from [`a] to (L. ad) Old French pui, poi, rising ground, hill, from Latin expression podium. See Podium, Pew.]. (Websters 1913)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: POY

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
POY	English	Pre-oriented yarn	Industry
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: POY

English words defined with "POY": Puoy, Puy. (references)

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Modern Usage: POY

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Aytoi poy milisan me to thanato (1970)
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Commercial Usage: POY

Domain	Title
High Tech	Poy Poy (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Expressions: POY

Expressions using "POY": Poy nette ♦ Poy Sippi. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: POY

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
poy	31
poy poy	12
poy sippi wi	10
play poy	10
poy poy 2	6
poy sex	4
poy yarn	3
bobbin cutting grooving machine poy	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: POY

Derivations
	Words beginning with "POY": poyou, poyous. (additional references)
	Words ending with "POY": charpoy, sepoy, teapoy, tepoy. (additional references)
	Words containing "POY": charpoys, sepoys, teapoys, tepoys. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "POY"

Words ending with "oy": Cloy, Foy, Loy, soy, Stroy, troy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "o-p-y"
	-1 letter: op, oy, yo.
	Words containing the letters "o-p-y"
	+1 letter: copy, dopy, hypo, mopy, ploy, pogy, poky, poly, pony, posy, ropy, typo.
	+2 letters: atopy, coypu, dopey, epoxy, goopy, hoppy, hypos, loopy, loppy, mopey, myope, myopy, payor, peony, phony, ploys, pocky, podgy, poesy, pogey, pokey, polyp, polys, pommy, poofy, poppy, popsy, porgy, porky, porny, potsy, potty, pouty, poyou, prosy, proxy, pylon, pyoid, ropey, roupy, sepoy, soapy, sophy, soppy, soupy, sysop, tepoy, typos, yapok, yapon, yupon.
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