Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, informal)A Wellington boot.

  2. (informal, uncountable)Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor.

    Gas

  3. (informal, uncountable)Force or effort.

    Come on! Put some welly into it!

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Come on, give it some welly!

    deLos, strengt euch mal an! — manese

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  2. They should have wellies.

    deSie sollten Gummistiefel haben. — Hans07

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  3. Wellies are sometimes necessary.

    deGummistiefel sind manchmal wichtig. — Hans07

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor:

Origin

Clipping of Wellington boot + -y.

Clipping of Wellington boot + -y.

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Forms

plural: wellies
Singularwelly
Pluralwellies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
backA1elbow grease

Word family

3 related words
Derivedgreen-wellywelly itwelly whanging

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wellA1wellnesswelshwelt

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