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Whey
Definitions
- 1 A shout for attention UK, dated
"He swayed over to the door, peered out, shouted "whey!" and came back, looking severe."
- 2 A shout of enthusiasm or delight UK
"... apart from Max, who rode his pallet like a surfboard with a huge grin plastered across his face. “Wheyyyyyyy!” Max yelled with delight."
- 3 Shouted when someone drops a glass or other crockery, especially in a pub. UK
"12. Smashing a glass and the whole bar choruses "WHEYYYY"."
- 1 The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese. uncountable, usually
"Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away."
- 2 watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates wordnet
- 3 the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (compare Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, Low German Wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “order”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit कय (káya, “every one”)).
Onomatopoeic, variation on wahey.
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