different between uey vs yey

English

Alternative forms

• Uey, U-ey, u-ie, yewy, youee

Etymology

From U(-turn) +? -ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?.i/
• Rhymes: -u?i

Noun

uey (plural ueys)

1. (Australia, Canada, Britain, US, colloquial, informal) A U-turn.
   • 1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, Franklin Watts, US, page 280,

     “Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey.

   • 2000, Louis J. Fagan, Angelo, Independent Publishers Group, US, page 324,

     Barry musta figured Jamie?s friend lived in town because he did a Uey and headed back that way.

   • 2001, Steve Aylett, Only an Alligator, Scar Garden 2010 (The Complete Accomplice), p. 28:

     Since it pulled a U-ey and snapped Fang on the noggin, Barny had been dressing it in a flowery skirt and hat for reasons which are still a mystery.

   • 2006, Richard Crick, My Word Is My Bonus, AuthorHouse, page 255,

     “ […] Sid, could you please just go up Holborn a little way, do a uey and pull in over there, where we can see the entrance over on this side.”

   • 2007, Richard Marinick, In For a Pound, Justin, Charles & Co., US, page 59,

     Climbing into the Mustang, McCauley banged a Uey in front of the post office and stopped for the red light half a block up at the corner of Sea Street.

Translations

See also

• flip a bitch (US)
• bang a uey (New England)

Anagrams

• Yue

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

uey (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of hu?yi

English

Interjection

yey

1. Alternative spelling of yay

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yeg, cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (y²ig), Turkmen ýeg, Turkish yey, ye?, possibly with Chuvash ?? (?i, “up, upper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jej] (Jabrayil, Gadabay, Goychay, Göygöl, Imishli, Meghri, Shamakhi, Tartar)
• IPA^(key): [je?] (Quba, Ordubad)

Adjective

yey (obsolete or dialectal)

1. good, better

   Synonyms: eyi, yax??, yax??raq

Further reading

• “yey” in Obastan.com.

Classical Nahuatl

Numeral

yey

1. Obsolete spelling of ?yi

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ja?, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Scottish Gaelic eigh, and Welsh iâ.

Noun

yey m

1. ice

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *e?y?, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Compare Classical Nahuatl ?yi (“three”). Cognate with Yaqui baji (“three”) and Hopi pàayo' (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?j/

Numeral

y?y

1. three