bluey
UK/ˈbluː.i/
bluey adjective: having a colour similar to blue.
Adjective
Noun
bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)
- The metal lead.
- A bushman's blanket.
- Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]1896, Henry Lawson, In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
- A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
- ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 318
- A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
- A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
- A bluebottle.
- A disposable underpad.
- A blue film.
- A person with ginger hair.
- An online troll who uses the blue check verification system on Twitter.
- Synonym of blue pill (“pill of Viagra”).
- He confessed: "You'd have to do a 'bluey' with her. It's one of those situations you think, 'I'm not risking it'. With really good-looking girls, the pressure's on."2010 December 19, Daniel Sperling, “Cardle 'too nervous' to sleep with Rihanna”, in Digital Spy
- Synonyms:
- blue pill
Proper noun capitalized: Bluey
Bluey
- A nickname commonly given to a red-headed person.
- He was a freckled red-haired boy called Bluey.1999, Louis Nowra, The Twelfth of Never, page 228
- Bluey, who of course was a redhead, started out surfing on his mom's ironing board when he was a grommet of six years of age.2009, Duke Boyd, Jeff Divine, Steve Pezman, Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater, page 24
Synonyms of bluey
Forms of bluey
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | bluier |
| superlative | bluiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | blueys |
Origin of bluey
From blue + -y.
Phrases with bluey
Words that rhyme with bluey
Questions about bluey
- What does bluey mean?
- Bluey means having a colour similar to blue.
- What part of speech is bluey?
- Bluey can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bluey?
- Bluey is pronounced /ˈbluː.i/ (UK).
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