Emmy
/ˈɛmi
/noun (plural Emmys)
(In the US) a statuette awarded annually to an outstanding television programme or performer: [as modifier]: an Emmy award...
- His work has received countless awards, including eight Emmys.
- He has won two Emmys for Outstanding Game Show Host.
- Multiple awards including an Academy Award, an Academy Award nomination and three Emmys have honored his work.
Origin
1940s: said to be from Immy, short for image orthicon tube (a kind of television camera tube).
Rhymes
- sargassum fish
- sargassum weed
- sarge
- Sargent, John Singer
- Sargent, Sir Malcolm
- Sargodha
- Sargon
- Sargon II
- sari
- sarin
- sarir
- sari-sari store
- sari sari store
- sarisari store
- sark
- Holy Roman Emperor
- Holy Roman Empire
- Holyrood
- Holy Rood Day
- Holy Rood fair
- Holy Saturday
- Holy Scripture
- Holy See
- Holy Sepulchre
- Holy Spirit