bluey

name

1. (Australia, slang)A nickname commonly given to a red-headed person.

   “He was a freckled red-haired boy called Bluey.”

   “Bluey, who of course was a redhead, started out surfing on his mom's ironing board when he was a grommet of six years of age.”

   “A smile spread slowly across Bluey′s red-whiskered face as the boy went to find his hoe, the one Dad had given him to start a garden in the bush.”

adj

1. Having a colour similar to blue.

noun

1. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)The metal lead.
2. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A bushman's blanket.

   “Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]”

3. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.

   “‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.”

4. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
5. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
6. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A bluebottle.
7. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A disposable underpad.
8. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A blue film.
9. (Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A person with ginger hair.
10. (Internet, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)An online troll who uses the blue check verification system on Twitter.
11. (UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Synonym of blue pill (“pill of Viagra”).

    “He confessed: "You'd have to do a 'bluey' with her. It's one of those situations you think, 'I'm not risking it'. With really good-looking girls, the pressure's on."”