bluey
See also: Bluey
English
Etymology
From blue + -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbluː.i/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -uːi
Adjective
bluey (comparative more bluey, superlative most bluey)
- Having a colour similar to blue.
Synonyms
- blueish
Noun
bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)
- (slang) The metal lead.
- (Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
- 1896, Henry Lawson, In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
- Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]
- 1896, Henry Lawson, In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
- (Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:
- ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:
- (Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
- (Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
- (Australia) A bluebottle.
- (Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
- (informal) A blue film.
- (Australian slang) A person with red hair.