Charlie
See also: charlie
Translingual edit
Charlie [1] |
Charlie [2] |
Charlie [3] |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Charlie
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter C.
- (nautical) Signal flag for the letter C.
- (time zone) UTC+03:00
code | Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu | |
zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |
Translations edit
the letter "C" in a national spelling alphabet
References edit
- ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑɹli/
Audio (Canadian) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑɹli
Proper noun edit
Charlie (plural Charlies)
- A unisex given name
- A diminutive of the male given name Charles; also used as a formal given name.
- 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, →ISBN, page 184:
- Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. I'm certain that if he were called Charles, he wouldn't fool around that way. Charles is not so bad, but Charlie is a terrible burden to bear.
- 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, →ISBN, page 184:
- A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte or Charlene, also used as a formal given name, although less common than the male name.
- 2007, Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 225:
- 'Can I call you Charlotte?'
'No. I hate the name, makes me sound like a Victorian aunt. I'm Charlie, and no, you can't call me that either.'
- A diminutive of the male given name Charles; also used as a formal given name.
- A name for a fox in fables and folk literature.
Synonyms edit
- (given name): Charley
- (diminutive of Charles): Chas, Chuck
- (female given name): Charlee, Charli, Charleigh
Derived terms edit
- Charlee
- Charleigh
- Charley
- charley horse
- Charli
- Charlie bar
- Charlie Brown tree
- CharlieCard
- Charlie Chaplin mustache
- Charlie Farnsbarns
- Charlie Foxtrot
- Charlie McCarthy
- Charlie Noble
- Charlie Papa
- Charlieplex
- Charlieplexing
- cheap Charlie
- creeping Charlie
- good-time Charlie
- Mister Charlie
- Regulation Charlie
- Tail End Charlie
- Uncle Charlie
- Victor Charlie
Descendants edit
- → Translingual: Charlie
Translations edit
diminutive of Charles or its translations in other languages
diminutive of Charlotte or Charlene or its translations in other languages
Noun edit
Charlie (usually uncountable, plural Charlies)
- (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C.
- (military slang) An enemy; the Vietcong; short for Victor Charlie.
- 1988, Steve Earle (lyrics and music), “Copperhead Road”:
- I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know? You better stay away from Copperhead Road.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- (countable, chiefly UK, slang, often with "right" and/or "proper") A fool.
- You look a right Charlie in that clown outfit! — Yes, we make a right pair of Charlies.
- 2009, Ruth Rendell, The Best Man To Die, page 26:
- He looked a right Charlie in those tails and striped trousers.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast
- 1959, Michel del Castillo, tr. Humphry Hare, The Billsticker:
- There's not a man she won't go with. She lets even the small boys feel her charlies.
- 1975, Harlan Ellison, No Doors, No Windows:
- […] being turned on by a woman who was also a person and had stuff going for herself, and knowing that even if my Wurlitzer rotted and fell off, even if her Charlies sagged and turned to empty baggies, we'd still be buddies and craft companions
- 1986, John Hooker, Jacob's Season, page 115:
- 'Hullo, Jacob.' She grins at him over her counter as he eyes her charlies sticking through her sweater.
- (dated) A nightwatchman.
- A short, pointed beard, like that of King Charles I.
- 1834, “Hampden in the 19th Century”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: John Bowyer Nichols, page 295:
- […] the sons are adorned in the very height of the fashion, with white pantaloons, watch chains and Wellingtons, and a charley at their under lip […]
- 1861, J.W. Taylor, Antiquities Falkland, page 43:
- That square, short man... wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud [F&H].
- 1913, “Lord Ballyrot in Slangland”, in The Tacoma Times, →ISSN:
- This Cholly guy wants to do a brodie off the rattler.
- (blackjack) The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “charlie, n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English Charlie, diminutive of Charles.
Proper noun edit
Charlie
- a male given name from English
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From English Charlie. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1872.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Charlie c (genitive Charlies)
- a male given name