- Hughie
- /ˈhjui / (say 'hyoohee)
noun Colloquial
(a jocular name for the powers above used when encouraging a heavy rainfall or a good surf): send her down, Hughie!; whip 'em up, Hughie!
Also, Huey. {? from John Ziegler Huie, station manager near Narrandera in the late 19th century, who routinely fired an old cannon into the clouds to bring down rain, to the accompaniment of cries of `Send it down, Huie!'}
Australian English dictionary. 2014.
См. также в других словарях:
Hughie — is a short two character play by Eugene O’Neill set in the lobby of a small hotel on a West Side street in midtown New York during the summer of 1928. The play is essentially a long monologue delivered by a small time hustler named Erie Smith to… … Wikipedia
Hughie — m 1 English: pet form of HUGH (SEE Hugh). 2 Scottish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Eódhnag, a derivative of Àdhamhnan (see EUNAN (SEE Eunan)). Variant: Hewie … First names dictionary
Hughie — send it down Hughie! Hughie is the rain god, and this appeal (first recorded in 1912) comes from farmers when rain arrives after a long drought. Recently surfers have used it, imploring the weather god for good waves. Theories about the origin of … Australian idioms
hughie — f hjui] in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (See also cry hughie.) □ I gotta go hughie. □ Oo, who hughied? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Hughie — /hyooh ee/ or, often, /yooh ee/, n. a male given name, form of Hugh. * * * … Universalium
Hughie — Hugh … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Hughie — n. male first name … English contemporary dictionary
Hughie — noun Austral./NZ informal an imaginary being held to be responsible for controlling the weather and waves. Origin early 20th cent.: dimin. of the given name Hugh … English new terms dictionary
Hughie — /hyooh ee/ or, often, /yooh ee/, n. a male given name, form of Hugh … Useful english dictionary
Hughie Graham — or Hughie Graeme is Child ballad number 191, existing in several variants.ynopsisHughie Graham is caught for stealing the bishop s horse, and sentenced to hang. Several pleas to ransom him are unavailing. He sees his mother or father and sends… … Wikipedia
