Meaning

6 senses
  1. A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.

    a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

  2. (New Zealand, UK)The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.

  3. (UK, dated, slang)The road or highway.

  4. (US, dated, regional)A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.

  5. The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus

  6. Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Toby can't tell jokes.

    ruТоби не умеет рассказывать анекдоты.

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  2. Tobias heard his little brother's voice sing out: "Toby! Toby! Come up!"

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  3. Toby and I have date with Stalin tonight.

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Forms

plural: tobies
Singulartoby
Pluraltobies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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