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say it: KAG-nee
cagney is a noun meaning "United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)". It is pronounced /ˈkæɡni/ — KAG-nee. It carries one recorded sense.
United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cagney come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.