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glovey

/ˈɡlʌvi/

glovey noun: a glove compartment.

Noun

glovey (plural gloveys)

  1. (slang) A glove compartment.
    • This was a 'marked' police car. All state-of-the-art technology: the big number on the top for helicopter recognition during 'riot situations'; the regulation police-issue revolver, that they always swear blind they never carry, in its usual clip beneath the glovey, the speed trap monitor thingy...1994, Robert Rankin, Raiders of the Lost Car Park, page 53
    • The Lid Stoker was a pipe made out of an elk horn and capable of holding an entire ounce of pot. […] It hadn't been used for months and Gary had no idea it was in the glovey.2015, Neil D. Martin, This Ain't the Ritz, page 97

Forms of glovey

pluralgloveys

Origin of glovey

From glove + -y.

Words that rhyme with glovey

Questions about glovey

What does glovey mean?
Glovey means a glove compartment.
What part of speech is glovey?
Glovey is a noun.
How do you pronounce glovey?
Glovey is pronounced /ˈɡlʌvi/.
What is the plural of glovey?
The plural of glovey is gloveys.

Words near glovey in the dictionary

  1. glovesman
  2. glovesmen
  3. glovewear
  4. glovework
  5. glovewort
  6. glovey
  7. gloveys
  8. gloving
  9. gloving up
  10. glovings
  11. Glovsky

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