/ˈwɒli/
- A diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.
“"'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'."
"Well. 'Wally'."
I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally" was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name.”
- The trophy awarded to winners of an NHRA national event (named after founder Wally Parks).
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slangA fool.
“'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope to be.'”
- Essex, London, colloquialA large pickled gherkin or cucumber.
“Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come sliced and prettily served in the shape of a flower.”
- Essex, colloquial, obsoleteAlternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value
“Let them that wallys the sheep watch 'em.”
Formsthe Wally(canonical) · wallies(plural)