Definitions for sonnies

sonnies son·ny

Spelling: [suhn-ee]
IPA: /ˈsʌn i/

Sonnies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in sonnies (einnoss).

Definitions for sonnies

noun

  1. little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
  2. (used as a term of direct address to express contempt, derision, etc.):
  3. a male given name.
  4. Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.

Origin of sonnies

First recorded in 1840-50; son + -y2

Examples for sonnies

Pacino—Dad called him “Al”—played sonny, a desperate guy who robbed a bank in Brooklyn.

You'd better not let him hear you say anything like that, sonny!

I say, sonny; yer hain't seen nothin' of a keow, have yer, here or hereabouts?

The movie was about what happened in the inside of the bank with sonny and the hostages.

We thought that sonny was inspiring us and he was out there and responding and sweating and playing his tail off.

When Cosby looked up, he saw that sonny Stitt, the famed alto sax player, had joined the bandstand.

The answer to that musical question could well be, “For about 70 years before you were born, sonny!”

The lady is right, sonny, you'd better watch those impulses.

They called one another "old man" and "sonny" in cheery voices.

sonny did not need to reason about it; his heart understood all that was necessary.

Word Value for sonnies
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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