toeyadj.
/ˈtəʊi/, U.S. /ˈtoʊi/, Australian English /ˈtoʊi/ slang (chiefly Australian).
Restive, anxious, touchy.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [adjective]
troubleda1325
troublyc1340
troublec1374
worried1559
betoiled1622
aerumnous1658
fidgety1736
fretful1737
fretted1756
tanglesome1823
awful1865
hincty1929
toey1930
to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952
noodgy1969
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]
stomaching1579
pepper-nosed1580
ticklish1581
touchy1602
sensible1613
touchousa1618
tender1641
tickly1661
indigestive1670
snuffy1678
huffy1680
snuffish1689
sorea1694
mifty1699
resentive1710
sensitive1735
uppish1778
miffish1790
miffy1810
stomachy1825
porcupinish1829
insultable1841
offensible1846
highty-tighty1847
prickly1853
fuffy1858
piquable1860
offendable1864
raw1864
ear-sore1865
uffish1871
porcupiny1890
feisty1896
ticklish-tempered1897
toey1930
1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Oct. 35/2 Wise Force [sc. a horse] was ‘toey’ before the race, and behaved in alarming fashion on his way to and at the post.
1961 Coast to Coast 1959–60 47 And the other umpire a bit toey out there at square leg.
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 91 He knew that the roos were toey, and, as they were drinking on the opposite side, they would be gone as soon as he moved a muscle.
1969 C. Drummond Odds on Death viii. 175 The horse seemed to him a bit on the toey side. He looked down to see if saliva was dripping.
1974 Sydney Morning Herald 1 Jan. 2 He's that toey he's got us all nervous, too.
1981 National Times (Austral.) 25 Jan. 24/3 Dallas Jongs..had a hotel bouncer friend who could get as toey as a Roman sandal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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