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ˈsʌn iSon·ny
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Princeton's WordNet
cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boynoun
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
Wiktionary
sonnynoun
a familiar form of address for a boy
Sonnynoun
A nickname of a child.
Sonnynoun
A nickname for a male child.
Sonnynoun
A male given name from English.
'I was christened "Sonny"', the boy said with a protective formality which was clearly of some years' growth. ' It seems to have been all right then. Fashionable, you know. Now, of course, it's ghastly. Everyone calls me Sinclair, even Mother.'
Sonnynoun
A diminutive of the female given name Sonia.
Sonia was hired and quickly persuaded everyone to call her "Sonny." Josie recalls, "For some reason, she did not care for her first name, but I thought it was beautiful. I was surprised that she spelled her nickname 'Sonny' rather than 'Sunny', but I suppose it was because of the letter 'o' in Sonia.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Sonny in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Sonny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Sonny in a Sentence
Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffery Blackwell:
The suspect then returned to Police Officer Sonny Kim, who was lying wounded on the street and began to fight with Sonny Kim in an effort to take the officer's firearm.
Hey dummy, this floozy your latest thing? You can do better than her, cause I’ve seen better legs on Sonny Liston.
Sonny Hey, whataya gonna do, nice college boy, eh Didn't want to get mixed up in the Family business, huh Now you wanna gun down a police captain. Why Because he slapped ya in the face a little bit Hah What do you think this is the Army, where you shoot 'em a mile away You've gotta get up close like this and bada-bing. you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit.
I loomover that table, in their minds, I’m Sonny Corleone and I’m capable of anything.
I was the only guy to knock him down when he was champion of the world, (Sonny) Liston was the biggest puncher I ever fought, but all around, the most skilled fighter, it was Muhammad Ali by far. It was an honor to fight the guy, and to this day I'm very proud of myself for what I accomplished in that fight.
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