tumbling-tommy n.
tundun
tungoo n.
tupong n.
turket n.
turkey lolly n.
Turkey n.(2)
turkey n.(1)
turndum n.
turn in v. trans.
turnipwood n.
turn n.
turn-off n.
turn off v. trans.
turn on v. trans.
turnout n.
turn out v. intr.
turpentine n.
turps n.
turquoise adj.
turrum n.
turtle frog n.
tusked frog n.
tussock grass n.
tussock jumper n.
tussock v. intr.
tussy jumper n.
tutini n.
twang
twang n.
tweed-capper n.
tweeds n. pl.
twelve apostles n. pl.
twenty-eight n.
twicer n.
twitch n.
two bob n. & adj.
two kilometre law n.
two ones
two-party preferred adj.
two pot screamer
two-rail fence n.
twos n. pl.
two tooth n.
two-up n.
two-upper n.
two ups
two-way adj.
tyke n.
tyranny of distance n.
Tyson n.
uey n.
ugari n.
uggie n.
ugly adj.
ulcardo melon n.
Ulysses butterfly n.
umbrella n.
umpie
umpty-doo adj.
umpy n.
un-Australian adj.
uncle n.
Uncle Tom n.
unco adj. & n.
undercroft n.
underdaks n. pl.
underground mutton
underground orchid n.
underscrub n.
undertaker orchid n.
uey /′juːiː/ n. (Spelling variants: uy, youee.) [From U(-turn) + -y.] A U-turn. Often in the phrase to chuck (or do etc.) a uey: to carry out a U-turn. Also fig. Also attrib.
1973 F. Moorhouse Austral. Stories 58 Before they’d done the Uey, he’d brushed his hair back, lit a Rothman’s and had the window down and his arm in place. 1973 R.D. Jones Mad Vibe 28 You describe the quiet sunday when you caught a bus home in sunlight warmth and almost rural day but actually is suspect you of chucking a Uy. 1976 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 Feb. 27/3 Ted Heath, like Fraser, began as a professed opponent of big government but was soon ‘doing a youee’ (U-turn) all over the place. 1983 Truckin’ Life VI. xi. 70 The turning circle is 15.2 m. (49.8 ft.). Not natural U-ey material but adequate for a six tonner. 1994 M. Colman In League of their Own 44 ‘Oh’ he says, doing a u-ie, ‘there they are’. 1999 J. Bryant Real Aussies drive Utes 84 It took Damo nearly a half a k before he could slow her down enough to do a U-ie. 2006 A. Hyland Diamond Dove 205 He did a casual u-ie in the driveway and headed south. 2011 Herald Sun (Melbourne) 6 Dec. 5/6 Motorist Priya Wickremasena, 41, saw the 1.5m saltwater croc sitting in the middle of the road. ‘All of a sudden he chucked a U-ey, and then started chasing me’, he said.