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

Trevor Noah took over the role before leaving in 2022, and anchoring duties were divvied up between a rotating cast of correspondents for just under a year in 2023. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

Ladish believes the main lesson from the research is in how AI models could divvy up work across computers of all shapes and sizes. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Having said that, given Netflix‘s success with co-CEOs in Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters and Comcast and Spotify following suit with the structure, Ellison saw fit to divvy up the responsibilities given the scope of the new entity. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Jaylon Moore, Morris and Esa Pole divvied up the other nine starting assignments last season. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration from divide

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for divvy

• privy