koi
- having a shy or sweetly innocent quality that is often intended to be attractive or to get attention.
- a koi flirt [blub-blub Translation: “Feed me”]
- a koi glance/smile [blub-blub “Feed me, Seymour”]
- I did not like its koi manner [blub-blub “Feed me, Seymour. NOW!”]
- not telling or revealing all the information that could be revealed.
- It gave a koi answer. [blub-blub “What is this all about?”]
- often + about
- They are being koi about the deal. [blub-blub “Talking fish”]
play koi (US) to avoid giving a direct or complete answer.
- Asked about its next book, it played koi. [blub-blub “Hungry talking fish”]
— koi-ly adverb
It smiled koi-ly. [blub-blub “or Dada”]
It koi-ly refused to say anything more about it. [blub-blub]
— koi-ness noun