zi noun, plural dai·sies.
Idioms 1.
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
2.
3.
Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality: That new car is a daisy.
4.
a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.
5.
push up daisies, Informal. to be dead and buried.
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a female given name.
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daisy (ˈdeɪzɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -sies | |
| 1. | a small low-growing European plant, Bellis perennis, having a rosette of leaves and flower heads of yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) |
| 2. | oxeye daisy, marguerite, Also called: moon daisy a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays |
| 3. | any of various other composite plants having conspicuous ray flowers, such as the Michaelmas daisy and Shasta daisy |
| 4. | slang an excellent person or thing |
| 5. | pushing up the daisies dead and buried |
| [Old English dægesēge day's eye] | |
| 'daisied | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
daisy
O.E. dægesege, from dæges eage "day's eye," because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk. In M.L. it was solis oculus "sun's eye." Daisy-cutter first attested 1791, originally of horses that trotted with low steps; later of cricket (1889) and baseball hits that skim along the ground.
Daisy-chain in the "group sex" sense is attested from 1941. Pushing up daisies "dead" is attested from 1918, but variant with the same meaning go back to 1842.
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Slang Dictionary
daisy definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Daisy definition
A functional language.
["Daisy Programming Manual", S.D. Johnson, CS Dept TR, Indiana U, 1988].
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Idioms & Phrases
daisy
In addition to the idiom beginning with daisy, also see fresh as a daisy; push up daisies.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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