kelly

nounnouncommon in dialogue

United States

A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.

noun

1
A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.
2
A roly-poly (toy).
Tumblers, tilters and kellys are those toys which have a circular base with a weighted end. They sway to and fro and are not knocked completely over. They derive from the East and have various names, but most represent stability in some form or another.

noun

1
Kelly green.
Heart's Desire—20 inch silk chiffon square—navy and shocking, grey and turquoise, brown and kelly, or green and violet, on white ground. $ 4.00 Matching contour belt […]

Etymology

See kelly green.

Forms

plural: kellies

Kel · A female given name, clipping of Kelly.keller · A beer cellar in Germany or Austria Keller · A surname.

kelly · A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.

Kelly · A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.Kelsey · A habitational surname from Old English.Kelso · A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS…

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