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hoolie, n. orig. and chiefly Sc.
Brit. |ˈhuːli|, U.S. |ˈhuli|, Sc. |ˈhuli|
Forms: 19– hooley, 19– hoolie
[Origin uncertain; perhaps > suffix6); or perhaps the same word as hooley n.
Orkney Scots hoolan is > v.) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic -un, suffix forming nouns.]
to blow a hoolie: to be very windy. Cf. blow v.1 1a.
1990Times 2 Apr. 31/1 The adventure begins when it is ‘blowing a hoolie’. That is a high wind to those uninitiated in the ways of the fast-growing watersport of windsurfing. 1992Los Angeles Times 27 Dec. a 33/3 Nine times out of 10, it's blowing a hoolie out there with high winds and seas. 2004A. Greig In Another Light (2005) 48 Blowing a hoolie out—Force Ten maybe. |