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vooley

vooley verb: pronunciation spelling indicating a non-French-speaker pronouncing the French word voulez.

Verb

vooley

  1. Pronunciation spelling indicating a non-French-speaker pronouncing the French word voulez.
    • She implied that a fully modern girl like herself didn't need to be told what happened after a man asked, "Vooley voo?" She thought a man's man could be forgiven what he did while he was far from home and close to death.1991, James White, Clara's Call, Unknown Soldier, page 18
    • "Non, course not," the farrier grumbled. "We're hout in the medders makin' daisy-chains an' henjoyin' the glorious sunshine. Ker vooley voo? Coin' to start one o' yer popular fatigues?"1935, Crosbie Garstin, The Sunshine Settlers, page 226

Origin of vooley

Spelling representing a US pronunciation of the French word voulez.

Questions about vooley

What does vooley mean?
Vooley means pronunciation spelling indicating a non-French-speaker pronouncing the French word voulez.
What part of speech is vooley?
Vooley is a verb.

Words near vooley in the dictionary

  1. voodoos
  2. voodouism
  3. vook
  4. vooks
  5. voolay
  6. vooley
  7. voom
  8. Voong
  9. Voongs
  10. voop
  11. vooped

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