- blooey
- adjective or adverb
Etymology: blooey, interjection representing an explosive sound (of imitative origin)
Date: 1920
slang haywire, awry <the engine went blooey>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
blooey
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blooey — ☆ blooey [blo͞o′ē ] adj. Slang out of order: used chiefly in the phrase go blooey, to go out of order: also sp. blooie … English World dictionary
blooey — (n.) ruin, smash, 1915, U.S. slang, probably onomatopoeic … Etymology dictionary
blooey — [“blui] 1. mod. gone; destroyed. □ Everything is finished, blooey! □ All my plans are blooey! 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ John is totally blooey. He can’t even open his eyes. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
blooey — /blooh ee/, adj. Slang. 1. out of order; faulty. 2. go blooey, to go totally out of commission; break down completely: If the generator fails, the whole system will go blooey. Also, blooie. [orig. uncert.] * * * … Universalium
blooey — adj. (Slang) faulty, damaged, defective, out of order … English contemporary dictionary
blooey — [ blu:i] (also blooie) adverb & adjective US informal awry; amiss. Origin 1920s: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
blooey — bloo·ey … English syllables
blooey — … Useful english dictionary
Ka-Blooey — Bombuzal Bombuzal Éditeur Image Works, Kemco Date de sortie 1988 Genre Jeu de reflexion Mode de jeu Un joueur Plate forme Amiga, Atari ST … Wikipédia en Français
go blooey — AND go f looey [go “blui AND go “flui] in. to fall apart; to go out of order. □ Suddenly, all my plans went blooey. □ I just hope everything doesn’t go flooey at the last minute … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
