willies
Because it is a word with a single syllable, willies is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofwillies
- (with "the") A feeling of nervousness or fear.
Example: "Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies."
- Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
- The wood of these trees.
- A cricket bat.
- (1800s) The baseball bat.
- A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
- A willow basket.
- A fish basket.
- (hypocoristic) the penis.
- Term of abuse.
- A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it.
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