Noun: derby
| Singular | derby |
| Plural | derbies |
Sample Sentences
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a donkey derby
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He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes. [1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:]
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Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next. [2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:]
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The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions. [2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:]
Nouns inflected like derby
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Epsom Derby horse race, named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. Ultimately from Derby.
Verbs referencing "derby"
French Nouns
derby, Romanian Nouns
derby, Swedish Nouns
derby, German Nouns
Derby, Catalan Nouns
derbi.