# sunnies

Pronunciation: say "SUN-eez" /ˈsʌniz/

## Noun

1. Sunglasses: glasses with dark or tinted lenses that protect the eyes from bright sunlight. *(colloquial, Australia, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: Dark glasses that you wear to protect your eyes from the sun.
   - _She slid her sunnies down her nose and gave him a long look._
   - _The kids had their sunnies on before the car was even out of the driveway._
2. Plural of sunny. *(colloquial, US)* — plural of sunny (sunfish or sunperch)
   - Simple: Plural of sunny. Use it for more than one sunfish.
   - _The sunnies were biting all afternoon near the lily pads._
   - _Grandpa fried up the sunnies we'd caught for supper._

## Origin

Formed from sunglasses with the diminutive suffix -ie, keeping the plural form.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sunnies (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).