Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young marsupial, especially a baby kangaroo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In coal-mining, a man specially appointed to set the timber in a stall or working while coal is being raised.
- noun Same as
joe , 1. - noun A young kangaroo.
- noun ‘A hewer of wood and drawer of water.’
- To insult (a person) by the cry of ‘joey.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Australian Any young animal, especially a young kangaroo.
- noun Australian A young child.
- noun British slang A three-penny piece.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The immature young of a
marsupial , notably a juniorkangaroo , but also a youngwallaby orkoala etc. - noun The shorter word whose letters can be found within a
kangaroo word .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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With a hint of Forbidden Planet. joey is that wall-e? haha tootalufilms
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Opossums are recent imports from Australia but now prolific, so that the word joey (in Australia a ` baby kangaroo ') for an opossum is likely to be recent.
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Anyways - it's kinda funny coz i have a kinda ex called joey - so yeah its a bit of a joke amongst my girls!
Good Movie Quote: The Upside of Anger Karyn 2006
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The baby, called a joey, was born on October 25, 2006, but only recently left her puch for the outside world.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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The baby, called a joey, was born on October 25, 2006, but only recently left her puch for the outside world.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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The baby, called a joey, was born on October 25, 2006, but only recently left her puch for the outside world.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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A "joey" pokes its head out from mama wallaby's pouch.
Archive 2008-06-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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A "joey" pokes its head out from mama wallaby's pouch.
jetsetter WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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She raises the baby "joey" koalas from when they are tiny and then releases them back into the wild.
koala orphans WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006
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She raises the baby "joey" koalas from when they are tiny and then releases them back into the wild.
Archive 2006-12-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006
asativum commented on the word joey
Having properties of coffee.
January 26, 2008
reesetee commented on the word joey
Hmm.... *sipping espresso*
January 27, 2008