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ozzie

UK/ˈɒzi/

ozzie noun: a hospital.

Noun (1)

ozzie (plural ozzies)

  1. (slang, chiefly Liverpool) A hospital.
    • I became most distressed when talking to a man from Liverpool who said he was going up the ozzie? I thought he was planning to examine an Australian, but it turned out he was going to the hospital.2001, Nursing Times, Nursing Mirror, volume 97, numbers 5-8
    • What a way to start the new century – in the ozzie or a police cell.2014, Maureen Lee, The Seven Streets of Liverpool

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ozzie

Ozzie (plural Ozzies)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Oswald.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Oscar.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ozzie

Ozzie (plural Ozzies)

  1. (informal) Synonym of Aussie (“an Australian person”).
    Synonyms:
    Aussie

Adjective capitalized: Ozzie

Ozzie (comparative more Ozzie, superlative most Ozzie)

  1. (informal) Synonym of Aussie (“Australian”).
    Synonyms:
    Aussie

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ozzie

Ozzie

  1. (informal) Synonym of Aussie (“Australia”).
    Synonyms:
    Aussie

Synonyms of ozzie

Forms of ozzie

Noun
pluralozzies
pluralOzzies
alternative formOzie
Proper noun
pluralOzzies
alternative formOzzy
Adjective
comparativemore Ozzie
superlativemost Ozzie

Origin of ozzie

From a pronunciation of hospital with h-dropping, + -ie.

Diminutive forms, + -ie.

From Oz (“Australia”) + -ie. Compare Aussie.

Words formed from ozzie

Questions about ozzie

What does ozzie mean?
Ozzie means a hospital.
What part of speech is ozzie?
Ozzie can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ozzie?
Ozzie is pronounced /ˈɒzi/ (UK).
What is the plural of ozzie?
The plural of ozzie is ozzies.

Words near ozzie in the dictionary

  1. Ozunas
  2. Ozurgeti
  3. Ozymandian
  4. Ozymandias
  5. Ozymandiases
  6. ozzie
  7. Ozzieland
  8. ozzies
  9. Ozzy
  10. ozæna
  11. ozænas

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