corey
/ˈkɔ.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).
name
A surname from Irish, a variant anglicization of Ó Comhraidhe (Curry).
name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
name
A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.
Example Sentences
- "Miss Carroll's popularity doesn't end with her on-screen performances in the show which co-stars young Marc Copage as her precocious six-year-old son, Corey Baker, whose father Capt. Baker was killed in Vietnam."
- "Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old volunteer fire chief, dove onto family members when the shots rang out."
- ""I'm Millicent Banning and —" she pushed Corey forward "— this is my daughter Catherine, but we all call her Corey.""
- "She always gets the numbers right, she's got me into maths / I'd take away her pants and add my corey to her gash"
- "'Georgie knows what she's doin', Nan. She says she only lets Ryan touch her titties and she's not gonna touch his cory until he marries her.'"
- ""He’s a good looking chappy ain’t he?" said Fury, before asking Ngannou, "Have you got a big corey?" ¶ Corey of course is British slang for the male genitalia, which left the Cameroonian baffled."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔ.ɹi/
- British English: /ˈkɔː.ɹi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.