Definitions for I spy
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1. I spynoun

   A game where players have to guess what one player can see, based on the initial letter of the object.

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1. I spy

   I spy is a guessing game. One player chooses an object that is visible to all the players and says, "I spy with my little eye something beginning with ...", naming the letter the chosen object starts with. Other players have to guess the chosen object. An alternative version is played where the colour is given rather than the initial letter I spy is often played with young children as a means to avert boredom in long car journeys. A survey by British insurance company Direct Line found that 58% of families played I spy, and 65% of the parents consulted had played it on journeys as a child. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it, under Spy giving the earliest citation as a mention in Rosamond Lehmann's 1946 work The Gipsy's Baby. One etymological website though reports an earlier mention in a 1937 Canadian publication. The game and its wording are well known in western popular culture, for example the title of the 2002 horror film My Little Eye uses part of the wording from the game.

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1. i spy

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Anagrams for I spy »

1. yips

How to pronounce I spy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say I spy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of I spy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of I spy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of I spy in a Sentence

1. Richard Ratcliffe:

   They tried to push Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to become a spy for Iran in the UK.

2. Susanne Roff:

   This is a curious case of an( alleged spy) who was allowed to hide in plain sight in London.

3. Maria Zakharova:

   Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina used this option to survive.

4. Daniela Tejada:

   The Foreign Office know this and have made The Foreign Office clear to the The UAE authorities that Matthew is not a spy for The UAE authorities, this whole case has been handled appallingly from the very beginning with no one taking Matthew's case seriously.

5. Jeremy Hunt:

   We haven't made our final decision but we have also made it clear that we are considering both the technical issues - how you make sure there isn't a backdoor so that a third country could use 5G to spy on us - but also the strategic issues so that you make sure that you are not technologically over-dependent on a third country for absolutely vital technology.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_Spy
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=I spy