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kie

/kaɪ/

kie is the alternative spelling of kye.

Meaning of kye

Noun (1)

kye (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Cocoa (the drink).
    • […] wrapped in layers of warm clothing against rushing icy air, and all longing for bubbling hot kye (Navy cocoa) at midnight.2009, John Roberts, Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy

Noun (2)

kye (plural kyes)

  1. A Korean fundraising meeting.

See all 3 meanings of kye

Forms of kie

alternative formkee
alternative formkine
alternative formky
alternative formkye

Origin of kie

From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”).

Words that rhyme with kie

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Questions about kie

What is kie the alternative spelling of?
Kie is the alternative spelling of kye.
How do you pronounce kie?
Kie is pronounced /kaɪ/.

Words near kie in the dictionary

  1. kidwellite
  2. kidwellites
  3. Kidwells
  4. Kidwelly
  5. kidz
  6. kie
  7. kiebosh
  8. Kiedrowski
  9. Kiedrowskis
  10. kief
  11. kiefekil

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kie (page history and authors); kye (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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