Meanings
icee1
plural icees
- nonstandardNonstandard form of ICEE.
[photo caption] Have you had your icee today?
1981, “Student Life”, in Ann Katzenstein, Carmen Thomas, editors, Vincentian, Shreveport, La.: Saint Vincent’s Academy, page 1385 more examples
Happiness Is— […] Drinking an icee after school.
1966 November 17, The Belle Glade Herald, volume 26, number 15, Belle Glade, Fla., page 14The Sweet Shop cost $10,000 to build, half of which is in the ice cream and icee machines.
1986 February 15, Linda Deckard, “Szabo expanding food offerings at Anaheim Stadium”, in Tom Powell, editor, Amusement Business: The International Mass Entertainment Newsweekly, New York, N.Y.: Billboard Publications, Inc., →ISSN, page 15Aching lungs begged for a reprieve and as the contestants passed the front entrance perhaps they could hear the soft, seductive call of the icee machine from the 7-11 across the street.
1987 April 10, Matt Frazier, “Triathlon pushes competitors”, in Almagest, volume 22, number 33, Shreveport, La.: Louisiana State University in Shreveport, page 5, column 2Slish, slush, slurp went the sound of sophomores slurping up their icees. When asked sophomores said icees were the only thing they could just not say no to. “I have gym sixth hour and an icee is the only thing to look forward to when you are hot and sweaty, ” said sophomore Lane Dossett. […] “Mixed icees are my favorite because I can never choose just one,” said sophomore Mindy McCormack.
1991, “Slurp, Slurp, Slurp”, in Gretchen Auer, Tracy Gordon, editors, Gusher, volume 77, Shreveport, La.: C. E. Byrd High School, page 88, column 1She stood indecisively in front of the drugstore, wanting a Coke icee. The heated aroma of warn donuts floated by on the damp air from the bakery next door, where they also had an icee machine, leaking crystal tendrils of cold condensation down its refrigerated front.
1994, Myrna Marler, “Encounter”, in Greg A. Berryman, editor, Kula Manu, Laie, Haw.: Brigham Young University–Hawaii, page 39
ICEE2
plural ICEEs · alternative Icee · alternative nonstandard icee
- trademarkA frozen carbonated beverage available in fruit and soda flavors, produced by The Icee Company.
Icee3
plural Icees
- alternativeAlternative form of ICEE.
Somehow he managed to stretch out the rest of the dinner, including cake and and Icee Pop, until 5:52 p.m., despite his mother's repeated injunctions—thirteen by my count—to hurry.
2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 27
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
The name, as well as the original logo, was developed by Ruth E. Taylor, a local artist and friend of the drink’s inventor, Omar Knedlik, from ice + -ee (compare Slurpee, which originated after a licensing deal with The Icee Company).
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