Webbyn.
/ˈwɛbi/, U.S. /ˈwɛbi/ An award given to a website for achievement in each of a number of categories, e.g. web-based film, advertising, publishing, etc. Frequently in Webby award. Also in plural: the annual presentation of these awards. The Webby awards held annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences were first presented in 1997. Before that time, the term was used to refer to similar awards presented by other organizations.The Webby Awards is a proprietary name in the United Kingdom for various services including ‘conducting shows relating to achievement awards’. In the United States Webby and Webby Awards are proprietary names for various services including ‘conducting an awards show for individuals or companies who have the best global communications network sites’.
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1995 Business Wire (Nexis) 30 Aug. The first ‘Webby’ was presented to The Spot, the winner of the ‘Cool Site of the Year’.
1997 Guardian 3 Apr. (Online section) 8/3 The game has already won a Webby Award.
2005 BBC Focus Dec. 84/4 The online equivalent of an Oscar, Webby Awards are building up to their 10th year.
2010 S. Turkle Alone Together (2011) x. 262 The year I attended the Webbies, the ceremonies took place just as a government wiretapping scandal dominated the press.
2013 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 15 June c2/2 The series won Seinfeld a Webby Award for outstanding comedic performance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
webbyadj.
/ˈwɛbi/, U.S. /ˈwɛbi/ 1. Consisting of cobwebs or the silk of which they are made; resembling a cobweb. Also (and in earliest use): resembling woven material; spec. of the nature of webbing (webbing n. 2b).
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [adjective]
panniculara1400
webbya1425
membraneous1578
filmy1583
membranous1598
cauly1615
membranaceous1678
membranulous1705
pelliceous1732
membraniform1828
thecal1847
pellicular1853
membranoid1857
thecigerous1860
adventitial1872
theciform1877
thecate1891
theciferous1891
velamentous1891
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective]
insidious1545
trapping1548
masking1567
snaringa1586
entrapping1588
sirenian1600
catching1603
set1603
snarefula1618
insidiary1625
entanglinga1627
ensnaring1630
implicatory1642
trepanning1670
webby1768
spidery1825
catchy1874
trappy1882
tanglefoot1893
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > woven > of the nature of
woofy1826
webby1854
wefty1867
a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 428 Membris þat are webby, as þe arteriis, þe veynes, & syk oþer.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 289 The Cæruleous [Spider] causeth a paine of heart, deep sleep and vomiting of a webby matter.
1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects (caption) It went into the Earth..and made a hard Case..of the Earth and a Webby Matter near a quarter of an Inch thick.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 301 They delight to..entangle the feeble in their webby filaments.
1854 Lady Lytton Behind Scenes I. i. iv. 124 His gloves were..of some webby elastic texture.
1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet x. 185 The big darn in the middle of the carpet was all open and webby like a fishing-net.
2013 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 1 Dec. A net-casting spider dropping a webby trap over a passing fly.
2. Of the digits, wings, etc., of an animal: connected by or having a fold or membrane; webbed, palmated. Also with reference to a person, hands, etc.: resembling or characteristic of an animal of this kind.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed > webbed
kelled1630
webbed1664
webby1686
palmated1766
palmate1826
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation i. 234/2 Areal Animals, as Fowl and Birds, are much used in Heraldry, which may be considered by their Feet, which are either whole and webby, as the Palm of a Mans Hand..or divided.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 49 Bats on their webby wings in darkness move.
1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 iv. 165 I am of so fishy and webby a nature, that I take to the water at once.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 2/1 If I have not pointed ears or webby fingers.
1919 Daily Herald (Gulfport & Biloxi, Mississippi) 5 Nov. 7/2 Black night bats spread their weird webby wings everywhere.
1977 A. Tyler Earthly Possessions xii. 144 Then Dr. Sisk rose..and leaned across the scrambled eggs to offer one freckled, webby hand.
2003 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Nov. 46 Someone had really scaly skin and webby feet.
3. colloquial. Also with capital initial. Of a person, group, etc.: characterized by expertise in or enthusiasm for using the World Wide Web. Of a thing: relating to or involving the use of the World Wide Web; accessible or existing online.
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1994 House Jacks on Web in rec.music.a-cappella (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Aug. I would surely appreciate it if you Webby folks checked it out and gave me some feedback.
1998 Yahoo! Apr. 78/2 USA Today was ‘Webby’ before we knew what a Web was.
2000 Independent on Sunday 6 Aug. (Reality section) 37/1 Like several of its webby competitors, Virginwines aims to supply an experience rather than a mere shopping trip.
2007 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 152/2 Facebook's announcement..strikes a blow for Webby openness.
2013 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 June (Business section) 8 My mate Fordo is a pretty webby guy. He works in eCommerce, has a sports blog and in his spare time runs an online fan organisation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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