bluey

See also: Bluey

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbluː.i/

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• Rhymes: -uːi

Adjective

bluey (comparative more bluey, superlative most bluey)

1. Having a colour similar to blue.

Synonyms

• blueish

Noun

bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)

1. (slang) The metal lead.
2. (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 […]

3. (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, published 2003, page 318:

     ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.

4. (Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
5. (Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
6. (Australia) A bluebottle.
7. (Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
8. (informal) A blue film.
9. (Australian slang) A person with red hair.