Sunnies

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sunglasses. Australia, New-Zealand, informal, plural, plural-only

    "She took off her sunnies and polished them, a little vigorously."

  2. 2
    plural of sunny (sunfish or sunperch) US, colloquial, form-of, plural

    "As a kid, he used to catch sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house."

Synonyms

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shadesshadessunglassessunglasses

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"She took off her sunnies and polished them, a little vigorously."

Etymology

From sunglasses + -ie (“diminutive suffix”), retaining the plural form.

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