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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
divvy
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
▪ And once that happens, the pie gets divvied up much faster.
▪ And so I divvied up the company into manageable pieces and told these executives to go play the game to the hilt.
▪ Don and I divvied up our belongings.
▪ All of it divvied up, who you talked to, where you walked, which letter box you posted your mail.
▪ In what way did the complex mind divvy up its chores?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All of it divvied up, who you talked to, where you walked, which letter box you posted your mail.
▪ And once that happens, the pie gets divvied up much faster.
▪ And so I divvied up the company into manageable pieces and told these executives to go play the game to the hilt.
▪ Don and I divvied up our belongings.
▪ In what way did the complex mind divvy up its chores?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
divvy

divvy \divvy\ (d[i^]v"v[y^]), n. [shortened from dividend.] a dividend, especially one paid by a cooperative society.

divvy

divvy \div"vy\ (d[i^]v"v[y^]), v. t. & i. [shortened from divide.] divide up among a group; distribute; -- often followed by up; as, divvy up the proceeds; divvy up the loot. [Colloq.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
divvy

1872, American English, originally a noun, a slang shortening of dividend; the verb was in use by 1877 and is primary now (the noun is not in "Webster's New World Dictionary"), leading some (such as "Webster's") to think the word is a slang alteration of divide. Related: Divvying. In early 20c. British slang the same word was a shortening of divine (adj.).

Wiktionary
divvy

Etymology 1

  1. (cx now rare dated English) ‘divine’; very pleasant, wonderful. alt. A dividend; a share or portion. n. A dividend; a share or portion. v

  2. To divide something into portions. Etymology 2

    alt. A foolish person. n. A foolish person.

WordNet
divvy
  1. n. short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society

  2. [also: divvied]

Wikipedia
Divvy

Divvy is a bicycle sharing system located in the City of Chicago operated by Motivate for the Chicago Department of Transportation. It operates with 5837 bicycles at 576 stations in an area bounded by 75th Street on the south, Touhy Avenue on the north, Lake Michigan on the east, and Pulaski Road on the west. Bikes and docking stations are supplied by PBSC Urban Solutions.

Usage examples of "divvy".

The lucrative deals in Europe and the United States were divvied up to others.

But equity from an independent investor meant the profits would have to be divvied up.

Missy and Star were home with Micah, all three well fed by the beef stew that Maida had brought Poppy, which Poppy had quickly divvied up and delivered to Micah along with the girls, and there was Griffin, who had helped Micah all day and was now badly in need of a shower and food.

Band-Celestials drew the attention of the Severeemish as the young women divvied up extra charges for their energy tubes and rocket magazines for their launchers.

Bloom talked about the history of the north, about land grants and how they had been lost, strayed, or stolen, divvied up.

Where was the sense in pulling all that stuff about taking me away and divvying up the ransom?

The Kirkendalls, the Clintons, walk away with bouncing boys--and their baby broker collects the fees, divvies up the rest of the shares.

He thought of the Leith pub in Trainspotting, the American tourist asking for the toilet, the schemies following him in, divvying the spoils after.