suey
suey · sueys
SuicideSuicide (act of self-killing).
/ˈsuːi/
» In Boston, I went to a chop suey shop and had dinner.
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2 senses(countable, slang, uncountable)Suicide (act of self-killing).
(slang, uncountable)Suicide (children's ball-throwing game).
Examples
3 sentencesIn Boston, I went to a chop suey shop and had dinner.
In Boston, we went to a chop suey shop and had dinner.
He ordered a chop suey.
ruОн заказал чоп-суэй. — Lenin_1917
Origin
Clipping of suicide + -ey.Clipping of suicide + -ey.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: sueysWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.