Zooey

//ˈzoʊ.i// adj, name, slang

adj, name, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a zoo. informal

    "a zooey smell"

  2. 2
    Crowded with people. informal

    "[…] restaurants that squeeze in as many tables as possible against the walls of the old town; it gets zooey, with tourists trying to get past the fuming waiters trying to deliver food to their waiting diners."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zoë.

    "As Montana lawmakers entered the critical final days of their legislative session on Thursday, one of the state’s only transgender lawmakers, Zooey Zephyr, was left exiled from the House chamber, monitoring the debate and casting votes on a laptop as she sat on a hallway bench near a bustling snack stand."

Synonyms

All synonyms
zoosexual

Example

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"Zooey Zephyr was right; Montana Republicans do have blood on their hands."

Etymology

From zoo + -ey.

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