Meaning

1 senses

  1. An Irish or white potato.

More definitions
  • an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Examples

13 sentences

  1. What's Murphy's Law?

    ruЧто такое закон Мерфи?

    deWas ist Murphys Gesetz?

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  2. Murphy's law states that whatever can go wrong will go wrong.

    ruЗакон Мёрфи гласит, что если что-то может пойти не так, оно пойдёт не так.

    deDas Gesetz von Murphy besagt, dass alles, was schiefgehen kann, auch tatsächlich schiefgeht.

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  3. Nothing is exempt from Murphy's Law.

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  4. Knowing Murphy's Law won't help either.

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  5. "I like Andy Murphy's movies." "But mom! It's Will Smith." "Who?"

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Origin

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

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Forms

plural: murphies
Singularmurphy
Pluralmurphies

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
muriaticmurkymurmurB2muscatmuscleB1muscovite
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