toey

From toe +‎ -y.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təʊ.i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /toʊ.i/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: towy

toey (comparative toeier or toeyer or more toey, superlative toeiest or toeyest or most toey)

1. (slang, chiefly Australia) Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
   • 2000, Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride, Harlequin, page 158:

     “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”
     She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”

• (agitated): antsy
• (sexually excited): horny, randy

• toey as a Roman sandal

• frustrated

• Toye, eyot, yote