[
US
/ˈmeɪti/
]
[ UK /mˈeɪti/ ]
[ UK /mˈeɪti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
How To Use matey In A Sentence
- By an amazing twist of fate, matey, you're talking to the bloke with an honours degree in Spanish and Portuguese.
- Frost had displayed his usual matey charm as the pair sipped orange juice on national TV.
- Her most memorable roles are stamped with her trademark characteristics, by turns wry, matey and spikily defiant.
- The next flurry was caused by Matey herself and passed into the school's annals. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
- Why would a hacker break company rules and commit a sackable offence simply to write a matey-matey email to Marwood? From Partridge to Brent – why the jokes have stopped for Garry Cook
- No wonder you have to take it out on children, matey.
- 'Okay, so one pirate says to the other," Hey, matey, how'd you get that wooden leg? OFF THE CHART
- She's been very matey with the boss lately.
- He has a lazy, matey sort of north London accent, longingly smokes each cigarette, as if it is his last, and has an acerbic wit, usually directed against himself.
- He rolled his swag out and he said, ‘Rolled out your swag for you, matey, you can camp here’, or something like that.