divvy

verb

div·​vy ˈdi-vē 

divvied; divvying; divvies

transitive verb

: divide, share

divvy a pie

Between now and then, managing the divestiture will eat up much of Allen's time—he must divvy tens of billions of dollars in assets …

—David Kirkpatrick

Instead of divvying the spoils of a $12-$18 CD sale, labels, artists and songwriters are vying for nickels and dimes from 99 cent downloads.

—Brian Garrity

—usually used with up

We divvied up the chores.

Money is easier to divvy up than property, …

—Susan E. Kuhn

When the time comes to divvy up the school funding pie, maintenance departments wait patiently in line for their slice of resources.

—Mike Kennedy

Early evidence suggests there has been a significant shift in how fiscal responsibilities are divvied up among the federal government, and state and local governments.

—Grant A. Driessen and Joseph S. Hughes

Examples of divvy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Commissioners from the seven states in the Colorado River Basin — Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, California and Nevada — must create a plan that will govern how those states divvy up the river’s water after the current guidelines expire at the end of 2026. —Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 31 May 2025

So as far as how it’s all divvied up, everybody grab a hold of the rope and pull. —Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025

There are a number of creative ways to divvy this up that have nothing to do with luck. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025

Officials expect the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, scheduled for late June, to shed light on how the alliance's European members will divvy up responsibility for getting hold of certain capabilities. —Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration from divide

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for divvy

• privy