Murphy — English Dictionary

Proper noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

Verb

1. To swindle by means of the Murphy game confidence trick.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Transitive