fulla

English

Noun

fulla (plural fullas)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Man, especially one of indigenous decent; fellow.
    • 2012, Gayle Kennedy, Me, Antman and Fleabag, →ISBN:
      While we was wanderin round the stalls tryin, in vain it turns out, ta find a food stall that sold tucker with meat in it, we came across a stall sellin didjeridoos, or yidakis as the fulla sellin em liked to call em.
    • 2013, Patricia Grace, The Dream Sleepers, →ISBN:
      Pick me up later young fulla, ten past five.
    • 2018, Ngaio Marsh & Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 242:
      'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly.

Derived terms

Preposition

fulla

  1. (informall) Full of.
    • 2011, Donald E Westlake, Why Me?, →ISBN:
      Both parts, fulla shit.”
    • 2012, C.G. Gardiner, Melting Pot Blues, →ISBN, page 45:
      He's fulla . . . fulla crap.
    • 2014, Ray Garton, Trailer Park Noir, →ISBN:
      Ted's always fulla good stories.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan folha, from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (leaf), from *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower).

Pronunciation

Noun

fulla f (plural fulles)

  1. leaf

Further reading


Swedish

Adjective

fulla

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of full.
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