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pikey
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?.ki/
- Rhymes: -a?ki
Etymology 1
pike +? -y.
Noun
pikey (plural pikeys)
- (informal) A pike (fish).
- 1881, Robert Lloyd Patterson, The Birds, Fishes & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, page 226:
- In 1876, in twelve fishings in the same months, there were caught 31 Pikeys, 4 Spotted Dogs, and 441 Nowds.
- 1881, Robert Lloyd Patterson, The Birds, Fishes & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, page 226:
Adjective
pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)
- Associated with or filled with pike (fish).
Etymology 2
Possibly from obsolete pike (“depart or travel”), or possibly from turnpike. The verb is derived from the stereotype that gypsies or other travellers are thieves.
Noun
pikey (plural pikeys)
- (Britain, derogatory, offensive) A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on rundown estates.
Adjective
pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.
- 2006 September 9, "Huge", in Re: Oh for FU--S sake!, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet:
- Blimey. The least pikey place on the planet.
- 2007 October 18, "PC Paul", Re: Exhaust security bolts help, in uk.rec.cars.maintenance, Usenet:
- > You could try moving somewhere less pikey?
- 2012 March 11, "Lieutenant Scott", Re: Definition of "loading" in a parking space, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet, quoting another user:
- >> > No, you're more pikey than a traffic warden.
- >> >> Nothing is more pikey than a traffic warden, even an immigrant.
- >> >> > Not even a Glaswegian?
- 2006 September 9, "Huge", in Re: Oh for FU--S sake!, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet:
Verb
pikey (third-person singular simple present pikeys, present participle pikeying, simple past and past participle pikeyed)
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) To steal.
- 2004 October 25, "Lister", Re: Monday, Monday, Play, Want, Bin, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet:
- >It's getting hold of a copy that isn't pikeyed that I'm having >difficulty with :-(
- 2006 September 29, Conor, Re: Car legally removed or stolen?, in uk.rec.cars.misc, Usenet:
- Agree with Adrian about it being Pikeyed. At least you've a cheque to go buy something else.
- 2007 August 9, "Diablos Rojos", Re: Special offer to all Scummers, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united, Usenet:
- Rumour has it that you once posting something interesting that was pikeyed straight from scrotexes lame troll book.
- 2004 October 25, "Lister", Re: Monday, Monday, Play, Want, Bin, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet:
See also
- charva
- chav
- gypsy
- yob
References
pikey From the web:
- pikey meaning
- pikey what they do
- what do pikas eat
romani
Danish
Noun
romani n
- Romani (the Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people)
- Synonym: sigøjnersprog
See also
- romani on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
romani c (singular definite romanien, plural indefinite romanier)
- Romani (a member of the Romani people)
- Rom (a member of the Romani people)
Inflection
Synonyms
- roma
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rom?ni/, [?ro?m?ni]
- IPA(key): /?rom??ni/, [?ro?m??ni]
- Rhymes: -om?ni
- Homophone: romaani (only when pronounced with long vowel)
- Syllabification: ro?ma?ni
Noun
romani
- a Rom, a Romani (a person, a member of the Roma community or descendant thereof)
- Synonyms: manne, mustalainen, mustilainen, kaale, tumma
- Romani (language)
Usage notes
This is the term used in official language. However, as it is usually pronounced with long A, it is homophonic with romaani (“novel”).
Declension
Anagrams
- aromin, maorin, normia, romina
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro?ma.ni/
Adjective
romani
- masculine plural of romano
Noun
romani m pl
- masculine plural of romano
Anagrams
- armino, armoni, marino, marinò, mirano, normai, ramino, rimano, rinoma
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ro??ma?.ni?/, [ro??mä?ni?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ro?ma.ni/, [r??m??ni]
Adjective
r?m?n?
- inflection of r?m?nus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- români
Noun
romani m, f (plural romanis)
- Rom, Romani
Noun
romani m (uncountable)
- Romani (language)
Adjective
romani (plural romani, comparable)
- relating to the Romani people
Swedish
Noun
romani c
- Romani (the language of the Romani people)
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
- Marion
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