Bluey

Quick meaning: Bluey is an adjective meaning Having a colour similar to blue.

Meaning

Having a colour similar to blue.

More Meanings

1. The metal lead.
2. (Australia) A bushman's blanket.
3. (Australia) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
4. (Australia) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
5. (Australia) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
6. (Australia) A bluebottle.
7. (Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.

Example Sentences

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

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 […]

He confessed: "You'd have to do a 'bluey' with her. It's one of those situations you think, 'I'm not risking it'. With really good-looking girls, the pressure's on."

Word Forms

• bluier
• bluiest
• blueys

Synonyms for bluey

Depending on context, synonyms include blueish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blackie, bluebottle, bluenette, blackey, boong, yobbo.

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