uey en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From U(-turn) + -ey.
Meanings
-
(colloquial) Synonym of U-turn.
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.
2001, Steve Aylett, Only an Alligator, Scar Garden 2010 (The Complete Accomplice), p. 28“Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey.
1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, US: Franklin Watts, page 280:“[…]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.”
2006, Richard Crick, My Word Is My Bonus, AuthorHouse, page 255:Barry musta figured Jamie′s friend lived in town because he did a Uey and headed back that way.
2000, Louis J. Fagan, Angelo, US: Independent Publishers Group, page 324: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.
2007, Richard Marinick, In For a Pound, US: Justin, Charles & Co., page 59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Uy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yewy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| U-ie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| uie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| u-ie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| yewie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| youi | alternative | lexicographic | |
| ueys | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| U-ey | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Uey | alternative | lexicographic | |
| youee | alternative | lexicographic | |
| U-y | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hang a uey · bang a uey · chuck a uey