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kay

nounnouninterjectioncommon in dialogue

  • //keɪ//

The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

noun

  1. 1

    The name of the Latin script letter K/k.

  2. 2

    A kilometer.

  3. 3

    A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).

Etymology

From Latin kā.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of caydatedDated form of cay.

    Three small sandy kays on the reef, bearing this name, lie at the distance of about 5½ miles S.S.E. from Boca Chica.

interjection

  1. 1

    Apheretic form of okay.

    Meanwhile, TMZ reports that Amanda and West are still dating and aren’t “sweating the chatter,” while insiders also confirm that West is “fully committed to Amanda[…]”—despite rumors that he’s been simultaneously dating other women. Per a source, it’s just “fan assumptions” and “innocent” chats that are being read into. Kay!

Forms

plural
kays
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).