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juvy

juvy is the alternative spelling of juvie.

Meaning of juvie

Noun

juvie (countable and uncountable, plural juvies)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of juvenile hall (a youth detention centre).
    Synonyms:
    juvenile hall
  2. (colloquial) A minor (youth); especially, synonym of juvenile delinquent.

Forms of juvy

pluraljuvies

Origin of juvy

From juvenile + -y with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.

Questions about juvy

What is juvy the alternative spelling of?
Juvy is the alternative spelling of juvie.

Words near juvy in the dictionary

  1. juvicidal
  2. juvie
  3. juvies
  4. Juvigny
  5. Juvisy-sur-Orge
  6. juvy
  7. Juwan
  8. juwansa
  9. juwaub
  10. juwaubed
  11. juwaubing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: juvy (page history and authors); juvie (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.

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