whey
nounEtymology
From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (cognate with 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”)).
Definitions
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making…
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
- 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.
- {...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!
A shout for attention
- He swayed over to the door, peered out, shouted "whey!" and came back, looking severe.
- somebody who was more or less to their senses, shouted... ' Whey! ... Had on lads!' and everybody was trying to get wocken up and sorted out.
A shout of enthusiasm or delight
- ... apart from Max, who rode his pallet like a surfboard with a huge grin plastered across his face. “Wheyyyyyyy!” Max yelled with delight.
- Several drunken men shouted from the corner. “Wheyyyy, showtime! Go on, go on!”
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Shouted when someone drops a glass or other crockery, especially in a pub.
- 12. Smashing a glass and the whole bar choruses "WHEYYYY".
- If they don't shout "wheyyy" when you smash a glass, did it even smash?
- the sloshed post-work boozers all shout "Wheyyyyyyy!' at a glass that's smashed on the floor
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for whey. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA