Usually means: Rotating tropical storm, Australian term.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. willy-willy: Merriam-Webster
  2. willy-willy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. willy-willy, willy-willy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. willy-willy: Wordnik
  5. willy-willy: Wiktionary
  6. willy-willy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. willy-willy: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. willy-willy: Dictionary.com
  9. Willy-willy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. willy-willy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. willy-willy: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. willy-willy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. willy-willy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Willy-willy)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of willy willy. [(Australia) A whirlwind, cyclone or tornado; a dust devil.]

Similar:
wulliwa, willy wagtail, Willie, whining Willy, whining Willie, guidwilly, Willy Wix, willeyer, goodwillie, guidwillie, more...

Opposite:
stillness, calm, tranquility, serenity

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Similar:
wulliwa, willy wagtail, Willie, whining Willy, whining Willie, guidwilly, Willy Wix, willeyer, goodwillie, guidwillie, more...

Opposite:
stillness, calm, tranquility, serenity



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