joey
noun
any young animal, especially a kangaroo.
Joeys
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pluralof Joey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
joeys
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pluralof joey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
joeynounany young animal, especially a kangaroo.
Example Sentences
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It was a far cry from the uninspired videos peddled to adolescent girls, a battery of spinning, polished Jordans and Joeys that had long left me confused and a little repulsed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2020
"Joeys are most active at night-time, so you have to turn your day into night," she says.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2013
You have your Joeys and you have your Frasiers.
From Time ● Jan. 26, 2012
They call out to each other, a parade of Johnnies and Kennys and Joeys and Ritchies and Debbies.
From Washington Post
He started to get on Joeys case, telling him to stop standing around doing nothing.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
Both male and female koalas can contract the disease, which is a different strain to the one found in humans, while joeys can catch it through feeding in their mother's pouch.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Even as joeys, he found, individual kangaroos seemed to have distinct personalities.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 25, 2024
Marsupials give birth to embryonic or premature babies — called joeys — that are roughly the size of a jellybean, according to the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
Almost 20 years ago, after he saw a video of joeys being killed, English soccer star David Beckham stopped wearing Adidas boots that used kangaroo leather.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
The meat of the joeys, as the young ones are called, is by far the best, and tastes something like hare, though it is rather tough and stringy.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by R. T. (Robert Taylor) Pritchett
