"pooey" meaning in English

See pooey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-pooey.ogg [Australia] Forms: pooier [comparative], pooiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːi Etymology: poo + -ey Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poo|ey}} poo + -ey Head templates: {{en-adj|pooier}} pooey (comparative pooier, superlative pooiest)
  1. (slang) Like poo; crappy, of low quality. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-pooey-en-adj-NIrQZPhx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ey Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ey: 84 16
  2. (slang) Filled or covered with excrement. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-pooey-en-adj-NdRgZ~sk

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pooey meaning in English (1.7kB)

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