murphy

UK /ˈmɝfi/ US /ˈmɝfi/
name 5noun 2verb 1

Definitions

name

1

A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha

After a long talk between these two, and a little broken English from the Frenchmen, our visitors took leave; but Father Murphy had hardly gone a dozen rods when back he came, inquiring whether we were in want of anything.

A Granite Bay home previously owned by actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is back on the market for $12 million.

2

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.

3

A number of places in the United States:

4

A number of places in the United States:

5

A number of places in the United States:

noun

1

Ellipsis of Murphy game (“type of confidence trick”).

verb

1

To swindle by means of the Murphy game confidence trick.

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