joey

plural joeys

1. The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.

   As soon as a joey is born, it crawls into its mother's pouch. The joey grows in the pouch.

   2006, Bobbie Kalman, Robin R. Johnson, Koalas and Other Marsupials, Crabtree Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 9

2. AustraliaslangA young child.
3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of joey word.

   Sometimes a kangaroo word has more than one joey.

   2005, Anu Garg, Another Word a Day, page 132

   1 more example

   Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys.

   1998, Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, The Word Circus, page 129

4. IrelandUKslangA parcel smuggled in to an inmate.

   "Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then."

   2012, John Hoskison, Inside: One Man's Experience of Prison

plural joeys

1. artsA kind of clown.

plural joeys

1. UKslanggovernmentA member of the Royal Marines.

   Synonyms: jolly

plural joeys

1. datedderogatoryoffensiveslangA person with cerebral palsy.
2. datedderogatoryoffensiveslangA stupid person.

plural joeys

1. UKobsoleteslangA fourpenny piece, or its value; fourpence worth.

   a joey of brandy

plural Joeys

1. A diminutive of the male given names Joe and Joseph.

   And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.

   2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN

   1 more example

   Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.

   1996, Television Quarterly: The Journal of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, volume XXVIII, number 3, page 4

2. A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.