murphy
[ mur-fee ]
/ ˈmɜr fi /
noun, plural mur·phies.
an Irish or white potato.
any of various confidence games in which a victim is left with a sealed envelope supposedly containing money, but which contains only newspaper or scrap paper cut to the same size as paper money.
verb (used with object), mur·phied, mur·phy·ing.
to victimize or dupe in such a manner.
Origin of murphy
First recorded in 1805–15; special uses of
Murphy, a typical Irish surname
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murmansk,
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Definition for murphy (2 of 2)
Murphy
[ mur-fee ]
/ ˈmɜr fi /
noun
Frank,1890–1949,
U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
Isaac,1861–96,
U.S. thoroughbred racehorse jockey.
William Par·ry [par-ee] /ˈpær i/,1892–1987,
U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in medicine 1934.
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British Dictionary definitions for murphy (1 of 2)
Word Origin for murphy
C19: from the common Irish surname
Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for murphy (2 of 2)
Murphy
/ (ˈmɜːfɪ) /
noun
Alex. born 1939, English rugby league player and coach; scored 16 tries in 27 test matches for Great Britain (1958–71)
Eddie, full name Edward Regan Murphy . born 1951, US film actor and comedian. His films include 48 Hours (1982), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Coming to America (1988), Dr Dolittle (1998), and, as a voice artist, the Shrek series of animated films (2001–10)
William Parry. 1892–1987, US physician: with G. R. Minot, he discovered the liver treatment for anaemia and they shared, with G. H. Whipple, the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1934
Medical definitions for murphy
Murphy
[ mûr′fē ]
American physician. He shared a 1934 Nobel Prize for discovering that a diet of liver relieves anemia.