Usually means: Circular current of water, whirlpool.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word eddy:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. Eddy, eddy: Merriam-Webster
  2. eddy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eddy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eddy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Eddy, eddy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Eddy, eddy: Wordnik
  7. eddy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Eddy, eddy: Wiktionary
  9. eddy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. eddy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. eddy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. eddy: Dictionary.com
  13. eddy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. eddy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Eddy (film), Eddy (fluid dynamics), Eddy (surname), Eddy, The Eddy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Eddy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. eddy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. eddy: Rhymezone
  19. Eddy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. eddy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. eddy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. eddy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Eddy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. eddy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eddy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eddy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. baby names list (No longer online)
  3. EDDY: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. eddy: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Eddy: Sports Definitions

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. eddy: Master Mariner
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  5. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  6. Eddy: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
noun:  A circular current; a whirlpool.
verb:  (intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
noun:  (slang) A marijuana edible.
noun:  A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
noun:  A surname.

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