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Definition: Peavey |
PeaveyNoun1. A stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | A stout wooden lever, 2 1/2 to 8ft(0. 8 to 2. 4m)long, fitted into a tapered metal socket terminating in a steel pike and carrying towards its upper end a hinged steel hook(i. e. , the dog); used mainly in turning and handling logs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PeaveySynonyms: cant dog (n), peavy (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Peavey |
| English words defined with "peavey": cant hook. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "peavey": block chopper, hand, block hacker ♦ pole-peeler helper, POLE-PEELING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER, pole-shaver helper ♦ SPAR-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER, spudder ♦ wood barker, WOOD HACKER. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Geo. [sic] W. Peavey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Peavey" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.14% of the time. "Peavey" is used about 70 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) | 97.14% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.86% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 70 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "peavey" 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 |
| Peavey | Last name | 1,000 | 9,657 |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
peavey | 977 | peavey schematic | 15 |
peavey guitar | 89 | peavey bandit 112 | 15 |
peavey amps | 87 | peavey bass amp | 14 |
peavey speaker | 73 | peavey rage 158 | 14 |
peavey mart | 49 | lynn peavey | 13 |
peavey amplifier | 49 | peavey bass guitar | 13 |
peavey escort 2000 | 45 | peavey escort | 12 |
peavey 5150 | 41 | peavey plaza | 12 |
2000 escort pa peavey portable system | 39 | peavey predator | 11 |
peavey electronics | 32 | peavey hosiery | 11 |
peavey wolfgang | 31 | peavey audio | 11 |
peavey amp | 25 | peavey bandit | 11 |
peavey drum | 24 | peavey pantie hose | 10 |
peavey mixer | 23 | peavey delta blues | 10 |
peavey xxx | 21 | manual peavey | 10 |
peavey title | 21 | peavey electronic | 10 |
peavey bass | 19 | peavey dealer | 10 |
peavey bass amps | 18 | peavey classic | 9 |
pa peavey | 16 | peavey part | 9 |
peavey guitar amps | 16 | peavey triple xxx | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "peavey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Kanxhë (coupling, crampon, drag, gaff, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappling iron, hook, Peavy, peg, pothook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vendekrog (cant hook, lumberman's log rolling tool, peavie, peavy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kantelhaak (peavie, peavy), handsappie (peavie, peavy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vänkäri (peavie, peavy), kääntöhaka (peavie, peavy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sapi (peavie, peavy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wendehaken (peavie, peavy), Sapine (peavie, peavy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ράβδοσ ύυλοκόπου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zappino (peavie, peavy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eaveypay croques (peavie, peavy), ãsappiã (peavie, peavy). (various references) bichero con gancho de uña (peavie, peavy). (various references) vändhake (peavie, peavy), stockhake (peavie, peavy). (various references) Çivili Kereste Kancası. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "peavey": peaveys. (additional references) | |
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"Peavey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eavy, Keaveny, Medavoy, pavey, Pavry, pavy, Peacey, Pearey, peave, peaved, Peavy, peevey, peevy, peive, penalver, Peover, Peveit, Piave, pievy, pivey, weavey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "peavey" (pronounced pē"vē) |
| 4 | p ē" v ē | Peavy. |
| 3 | -ē" v ē | Leavy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-p-v-y" | |
-1 letter: payee, peavy. | |
-2 letters: eave, pave, veep. | |
-3 letters: ape, ave, aye, eve, eye, pay, pea, pee, pya, pye, vee, yap, yea, yep. | |
-4 letters: ae, ay, pa, pe, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-p-v-y" | |
+1 letter: peaveys. | |
+4 letters: depravedly, everyplace, overplayed, purveyance, superheavy. | |
+5 letters: expansively, hyperactive, operatively, overpayment, perceivably, pervasively, polyvalence, prevalently, purveyances. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 61 76 65 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .- ...- . -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100001 01110110 01100101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e a v e y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0061 0076 0065 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507167887191 |
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