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deskie

Syllables: desk·ie/ˈdɛs.ki/

deskie noun: someone who spends most of their time at a desk (usually working).

Noun

deskie (plural deskies)

  1. (informal) Someone who spends most of their time at a desk (usually working)
    • Being a "deskie," over time, somehow proved simultaneously interesting and dull.2024, Lydia Paar, The Exit is the Entrance, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 134
    • This, in the long run, gave me the rich experience of a deskie as well as in reporting, something which no journalism school would probably offer.2008, Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press, Goa1556, →ISBN, page 102
  2. (informal) In virtual reality games, one who uses the desktop version of that game.

Forms of deskie

pluraldeskies

Origin of deskie

From desk + -ie.

Words that rhyme with deskie

Questions about deskie

What does deskie mean?
Deskie means someone who spends most of their time at a desk (usually working).
What part of speech is deskie?
Deskie is a noun.
How do you pronounce deskie?
Deskie is pronounced /ˈdɛs.ki/.
What is the plural of deskie?
The plural of deskie is deskies.

Words near deskie in the dictionary

  1. deskews
  2. deskfast
  3. deskfasts
  4. deskful
  5. deskfuls
  6. deskie
  7. deskies
  8. deskill
  9. deskilled
  10. deskiller
  11. deskillers

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