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Bluey¹

  • /ˈbluː.i/ UK
  • /ˈblu.i/ US
  • /ˈblʉː.iː/ UK

Rhymes with -uːi

proper noun

  1. Australia, slang A nickname commonly given to a red-headed person. He was a freckled red-haired boy called Bluey.

bluey²

  • /ˈbluː.i/ UK

Rhymes with -uːi

adjective bluier · bluiest

  1. Having a colour similar to blue.

    Similar: blueish

noun blueys

  1. colloquial, countable, uncountable The metal lead.
  2. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A bushman's blanket. 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. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag. ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.
  4. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
  5. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
  6. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A bluebottle.
  7. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A disposable underpad.
  8. colloquial, countable, uncountable A blue film.
  9. Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable A person with ginger hair.
  10. Internet, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable An online troll who uses the blue check verification system on Twitter.
  11. UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable Synonym of blue pill (“pill of Viagra”). 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."

    Similar: blue pill

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name nickname commonly given to a red-headed person

Françaispoil de carotte, rouquin, rouquine

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@misc{bluey_2026,
  title = {bluey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}