sooeyint.

/ˈsuːi/

Etymology: Origin obscure; perhaps alt. < sow n.¹ or echoic. Compare shoo int.¹

U.S. dialect.

An exclamation used to call or drive pigs. Also (rare) as v. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > call to drive pigs

sooey1893

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > drive from place to place

creaght1610

sooey1941

mob-stock1960

1893 Dial. Notes 1 266 For driving pigs away, common words are: s·u-i, s·u-boi, [etc.].

1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 58 Sooey,..the sound used to drive hogs out of one's way.

1941 W. Faulkner Men Working i. 21 ‘Sooey out of here,’ he said. The shoat gave a grunt of startled surprise.

1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 107 Hiey there! Sooey! Whoopee! Start moving, you son of a bitch!

1982 Washington Post 11 Feb. e3/2 ‘I guarantee you, you'll hear me call the hogs.’.. He offers a quiet ‘woo, pig, sooey!’ as a foretaste.

1989 Newsday 27 Aug. (Sports section) 8/2 Ken Hatfield's defense gave Hog-hat wearers plenty of reasons to shout ‘sooey’ as opposing offenses averaged under 100 yards rushing per game.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sooey
释义	sooeyint. /ˈsuːi/ Etymology: Origin obscure; perhaps alt. < sow n.¹ or echoic. Compare shoo int.¹ U.S. dialect. An exclamation used to call or drive pigs. Also (rare) as v. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > call to drive pigs sooey1893 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > drive from place to place creaght1610 sooey1941 mob-stock1960 1893 Dial. Notes 1 266 For driving pigs away, common words are: s·u-i, s·u-boi, [etc.]. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 58 Sooey,..the sound used to drive hogs out of one's way. 1941 W. Faulkner Men Working i. 21 ‘Sooey out of here,’ he said. The shoat gave a grunt of startled surprise. 1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 107 Hiey there! Sooey! Whoopee! Start moving, you son of a bitch! 1982 Washington Post 11 Feb. e3/2 ‘I guarantee you, you'll hear me call the hogs.’.. He offers a quiet ‘woo, pig, sooey!’ as a foretaste. 1989 Newsday 27 Aug. (Sports section) 8/2 Ken Hatfield's defense gave Hog-hat wearers plenty of reasons to shout ‘sooey’ as opposing offenses averaged under 100 yards rushing per game. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < int.1893
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