Bluey

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbluːi/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(blo̅o̅′ē)

Inflections of 'bluey' (n): npl: blueys

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Bluey /ˈbluːɪ/ n
  1. a variant of Blue
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
blue•y  (blo̅o̅′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. blue•ys. [Australian.]
  1. British Termsswag2 (def. 2).
  2. British Termsa legal summons.
  • 1795–1805; blue + -y2; (def. 1) so called because usu. wrapped in a blue blanket; (def. 2) so called from its blue binder

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bluey /ˈbluːɪ/ n Austral informal
  1. a blanket
  2. a swagman's bundle
  3. hump bluey, hump one's bluey ⇒ to carry one's bundle; tramp
  4. slang
    a variant of blue
  5. a cattle dog
Etymology: (for senses 1, 2, 4) C19: from blue (on account of their colour) + -y2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Blue /bluː/, Bluey n
  1. Austral informal a nickname for a person with red hair
'Bluey' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blue

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