uey
See also: üy
English
Alternative forms
- Uey, U-ey, uie, Uie, u-ie, U-ie, yewie, yewy, youee
Etymology
From U(-turn) + -ey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuː.i/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -uːi
Noun
uey (plural ueys)
- (Australia, Canada, UK, US, colloquial, informal) A U-turn.
- 1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, Franklin Watts, US, page 280,
- “Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey.
- 2000, Louis J. Fagan, Angelo, Independent Publishers Group, US, page 324,
- Barry musta figured Jamie′s friend lived in town because he did a Uey and headed back that way.
- 2001, Steve Aylett, Only an Alligator, Scar Garden 2010 (The Complete Accomplice), p. 28:
- Since it pulled a U-ey and snapped Fang on the noggin, Barny had been dressing it in a flowery skirt and hat for reasons which are still a mystery.
- 2006, Richard Crick, My Word Is My Bonus, AuthorHouse, page 255,
- “ […] Sid, could you please just go up Holborn a little way, do a uey and pull in over there, where we can see the entrance over on this side.”
- 2007, Richard Marinick, In For a Pound, Justin, Charles & Co., US, page 59,
- Climbing into the Mustang, McCauley banged a Uey in front of the post office and stopped for the red light half a block up at the corner of Sea Street.
- 1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, Franklin Watts, US, page 280,
Translations
U-turn — see U-turn
See also
- flip a bitch (US)
- bang a uey (New England)
Anagrams
- Yue
Classical Nahuatl
Noun
uey (inanimate)
- Obsolete spelling of huēyi
Franco-Provençal
Noun
uey m
- eye