"sooey" meaning in English

See sooey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˌsuː.ˈi/ [General-American], /su.ˈi/ [General-American]
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps related to sow. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|sow}} sow Head templates: {{en-interj}} sooey
  1. A cry to get the attention of swine. Categories (topical): English animal commands Categories (lifeform): Pigs Synonyms: sooee, soo wee, soo-wee, soowee

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for sooey meaning in English (1.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sow"
      },
      "expansion": "sow",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain, perhaps related to sow.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sooey",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "soo‧ey"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English animal commands",
          "parents": [
            "Animal commands",
            "Interjections",
            "Communication",
            "Lemmas",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pigs",
          "orig": "en:Pigs",
          "parents": [
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Livestock",
            "Mammals",
            "Agriculture",
            "Animals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Chordates",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sooey, sooey! Come here, piggy!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cry to get the attention of swine."
      ],
      "id": "en-sooey-en-intj-QbLp3szz",
      "links": [
        [
          "swine",
          "swine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sooee"
        },
        {
          "word": "soo wee"
        },
        {
          "word": "soo-wee"
        },
        {
          "word": "soowee"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsuː.ˈi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su.ˈi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sooey"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sow"
      },
      "expansion": "sow",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain, perhaps related to sow.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sooey",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "soo‧ey"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English animal commands",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with unknown etymologies",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "IPA for English using .ˈ or .ˌ",
        "en:Pigs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sooey, sooey! Come here, piggy!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cry to get the attention of swine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swine",
          "swine#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsuː.ˈi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/su.ˈi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sooee"
    },
    {
      "word": "soo wee"
    },
    {
      "word": "soo-wee"
    },
    {
      "word": "soowee"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sooey"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.