charlie
US/ˈtʃɑɹli/
charlie is the alternative letter-case form of Charlie.
Proper noun capitalized: Charlie
Charlie (plural Charlies)
- A diminutive of the male given name Charles; also used as a formal given name.
- 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, page 184
- People were seen exiting a building on Utah Valley University after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday at an event on campus.2025 September 10, Hannah Schoenbaum, Alanna Durkin Richer and Mark Sherman, “Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dies after being shot at Utah college event”, in AP News
- A diminutive of the female given names Charlotte and Charlene, also used as a formal given name, although less common than the male name.
- '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.'2007, Sophie Hannah, Hurting Distance, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 225
- 'Can I call you Charlotte?'
- A name for a fox in fables and folk literature.
- [I]t is a land of large, rich pastures bounded by ox-fences, and covered with fine hedgerow timber, with here and there a nice little gorse or spinney, where abideth poor Charley, having no other cover to which to betake himself for miles and miles, when pushed out some fine November morning by the...1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
Noun capitalized: Charlie
Charlie (usually uncountable, plural Charlies)
- radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter C.
- The Vietcong (Victor Charlie); (by extension, sometimes) any enemy.
- I learned a thing or two from Charlie, don't you know? You better stay away from Copperhead Road.1988, Steve Earle, “Copperhead Road”
- Cocaine.
- Synonyms:
- snow
- A fool.
- You look a right Charlie in that clown outfit! — Yes, we make a right pair of Charlies.
- He looked a right Charlie in those tails and striped trousers.2009, Ruth Rendell, The Best Man To Die, page 26
- Synonyms:
- fool
- A woman's breast
- There's not a man she won't go with. She lets even the small boys feel her charlies.1959, Michel del Castillo, tr. Humphry Hare, The Billsticker
- […]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 companions1975, Harlan Ellison, No Doors, No Windows
- A nightwatchman.
- A short, pointed beard, like that of King Charles I.
- […] 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 […]1834, “Hampden in the 19th Century”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: John Bowyer Nichols, page 295
- That square, short man... wearing a moustache and Charlie is William Laud [F&H].1861, J.W. Taylor, Antiquities Falkland, page 43
- The situation in some blackjack variants where a player wins automatically by showing a hand with the correct number of cards.
Synonyms of charlie
Forms of charlie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | charlies |
| plural | Charlies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Charlies |
| alternative form | Charley |
| alternative form | charley |
| alternative form | charlie |
Words formed from charlie
- 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
- Charlie rat
- cheap Charlie
- creeping Charlie
- good-time Charlie
- Mister Charlie
- Regulation Charlie
- Tail End Charlie
- Uncle Charlie
- Victor Charlie
Phrases with charlie
- Charlie bars
- Charlie Kirk
- Charlie rats
- charlie horse
- Charlie Kirks
- Charlie Papas
- blimey Charlie
- charlie horses
- Charlie Kirked
- Charlie Nobles
- Sorry, Charlie
- Charlie Kirking
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Arse-end Charlie
- Charlie Foxtrots
- goodtime Charlie
- Tail-End Charlie
- good time Charlie
- Charlie Brown trees
- Prince Charlie jacket
- Prince Charlie jackets
- Charlie Chaplin moustache
- Charlie Chaplin mustaches
- Charlie Chaplin moustaches
- Charlie Brown Christmas tree
- Charlie Brown Christmas trees
- Charlie Brown's Christmas tree
- Charlie Brown's Christmas trees
Words that rhyme with charlie
Questions about charlie
- What does charlie mean?
- Charlie means a diminutive of the male given name Charles; also used as a formal given name.
- What is charlie the alternative letter-case form of?
- Charlie is the alternative letter-case form of Charlie.
- What part of speech is charlie?
- Charlie can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce charlie?
- Charlie is pronounced /ˈtʃɑɹli/ (US).
Words near charlie in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: charlie (page history and authors); Charlie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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