Murphy

proper noun

1. 1

   A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha

   After a long talk between these two, and a little broken English from the Frenchmen, our visitors took leave; but Father Murphy had hardly gone a dozen rods when back he came, inquiring whether we were in want of anything.

   A Granite Bay home previously owned by actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is back on the market for $12 million.

2. 2

   A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

   Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.

3. 3

   A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place, the county seat of Owyhee County, Idaho.

4. 4

   A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri.

5. 5

   A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina.

6. 6

   A number of places in the United States: A city in Collin County, Texas.

7. 7

   A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.

8. 8

   A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.

9. 9

   A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of Murphy gameslangEllipsis of Murphy game (“type of confidence trick”).

verb

1. 1

   slangTo swindle by means of the Murphy game confidence trick.

Forms

plural

Murphies

past tense

Murphied

past participle

Murphied

present participle

Murphying

third person singular

Murphies