booky

English

Etymology 1

From book +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊki/
• Homophone: bookie
• Rhymes: -ʊki

Adjective

booky (comparative bookier, superlative bookiest)

1. (dated) Bookish.

Derived terms

• bookiness

Etymology 2

Perhaps from book (“to flee, leave hurriedly”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (MLE) IPA^(key): /ˈbyːki/
• Rhymes: -uːki

Adjective

booky (comparative bookier, superlative bookiest)

1. (MLE) Treacherous, snitchy, not trustworthy.

   Synonyms: dastardly, ratlike, viperous; see also Thesaurus:treacherous

   • 2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):

     Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin
     They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
     Hold that properly when I bang that dotty
     I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby
     

2. (MLE) Strange, scary, suspicious.

   Synonyms: dodgy, hinky, sketchy; see also Thesaurus:strange

   • 2017 March 25, Trudy Barry, “1st Listen Review: Section Boyz' 'Soundcheck' mixtape”, in GRM Daily‎:

     Everyone knows that feeling of walking into a room and the atmosphere being bare bookie but also calm. In this LA Beats produced track the boys reminisce on those rooms where you’re greeted by a combination of “bare weed smoke” and “wavy settings”.

   • 2018, M. A. Bennett, The Island, London: Hot Key Books, →ISBN, page unknown:

     I didn't want to verbalise my fears about a polar bear in the woods, because I would sound like a fruitloop. / Then Flora spoke up. ‘Selkirk's got a point.’ / ‘Yeah,’ agreed Turk of all people, ‘that jungle is bare booky, fam.’

Alternative forms

• Buki, bookey, bookie

Anagrams

• Boyko