Word.ws English Dictionary

Huey, Dewey and Louie

Huey, Dewey and Louie noun: three twos; a three of a kind of twos.

Noun

Huey, Dewey and Louie pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Three twos; a three of a kind of twos.
    • Gentleman Johnny's Huey, Dewey and Louie are the next highest cards visible. The three twos look puny against light-fingered Tucker's kings, but Johnny's still in the pot.2011, Warren Bull, Murder Manhattan Style, Untreed Reads, →ISBN, page 40
  2. (plural, plural-only, uncommon) Three hypothetical customers, user personas, or similar constructs.

Origin of Huey, Dewey and Louie

After the nephews of Donald Duck in Disney cartoons.

Questions about Huey, Dewey and Louie

What does Huey, Dewey and Louie mean?
Huey, Dewey and Louie means three twos; a three of a kind of twos.
What part of speech is Huey, Dewey and Louie?
Huey, Dewey and Louie is a noun.

Words near Huey, Dewey and Louie in the dictionary

  1. huevos
  2. huevos divorciados
  3. huevos motuleños
  4. huevos rancheros
  5. huey
  6. Huey, Dewey and Louie
  7. hueys
  8. Huezo
  9. Huezos
  10. huff
  11. huff and puff

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Huey, Dewey and Louie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Huey, Dewey and Louie.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/huey%2C_dewey_and_louie. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.