uey

• Uey
• U-ey
• yewy
• youee

From U(-turn) +‎ -ey.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.i/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːi

uey (plural ueys)

1. (Australia, Canada, Britain, US, colloquial, informal) A U-turn.
   • 1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, Franklin Watts, US, page 280,

     “Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey.

   • 2000, Louis J. Fagan, Angelo, Independent Publishers Group, US, page 324,

     Barry musta figured Jamie′s friend lived in town because he did a Uey and headed back that way.

   • 2001, Steve Aylett, Only an Alligator, Scar Garden 2010 (The Complete Accomplice), p. 28:

     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.

   • 2006, Richard Crick, My Word Is My Bonus, AuthorHouse, page 255,

     “ […] 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.”

   • 2007, Richard Marinick, In For a Pound, Justin, Charles & Co., US, page 59,

     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.

• flip a bitch (US)

• Yue

uey (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of huēyi