Usually means: Effeminate, stereotypical behavior in men.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word nelly:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. nelly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nelly: Merriam-Webster
  3. Nelly, nelly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nelly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nelly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Nelly, nelly: Wordnik
  7. nelly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Nelly, nelly: Wiktionary
  9. nelly: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nelly: Dictionary.com
  11. Nelly: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Nelly (Egyptian entertainer), Nelly (disambiguation), Nelly (given name), Nelly (rapper), Nelly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Nelly: Rhymezone
  14. Nelly: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  15. nelly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Nelly: Who2

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. nelly: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nelly (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. nelly, nelly, nelly: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. the nelly: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's life.
▸ noun:  (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
▸ noun:  (British, slang) A silly person.
▸ noun:  A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
▸ adjective:  (slang) Unmanly; effeminate.
▸ noun:  A spelling variant of Nellie, a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Helen, and Chanel.
▸ noun:  One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
Nigel, nick, Uncle Ned, nibs, alrightnik, neddy, Cockney, sigh, brass nail, niggy, more...

Opposite:
macho, tough, rugged, manly

Phrases:
Nelly Sachs, Nelly Furtado, Nervous Nelly, nice Nelly, not on your nelly, more...

Adjectives:
poor, little, dear, old, good, nervous, prettier, sweet, fond, worthy, angry


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Similar:
Nigel, nick, Uncle Ned, nibs, alrightnik, neddy, Cockney, sigh, brass nail, niggy, more...

Opposite:
macho, tough, rugged, manly

Phrases:
Nelly Sachs, Nelly Furtado, Nervous Nelly, nice Nelly, not on your nelly, sachs, nelly, sachs nelly, Nelly Furtado discography, Nelly Korda, Nelly discography, Min datter Nelly, Nelly Uchendu, Nelly Karim, more...

Adjectives:
poor, little, dear, old, good, nervous, prettier, sweet, fond, worthy, angry



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