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weakie

weakie noun: a weakfish.

Noun (1)

weakie (plural weakies)

  1. (US, colloquial) A weakfish.
    • Although the weakie has no chopping teeth comparable to those of a bluefish, he boasts a pair of extremely sharp canines in his upper jaw.1959, Henry Lyman, Frank Woolner, The Complete Book of Weakfishing, New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes and Company, page 44

Noun (2)

weakie (plural weakies)

  1. (Australia, slang) A weak, unreliable or mediocre person or thing; a weakling.
    • That was as far as Macauley would go. He wanted to set his shoulders and bunch his fists and let the words fly at O' Neill: You can spot the stranger that comes on a visit and mark him down; you can swagger the streets at shearing-time and reap a harvest; but don't lump me in with the weakies and...1955, D'Arcy Niland, The Shiralee, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson; The Book Society, pages 53–54
  2. (especially, rare) An unskilled player.
    • And now we enter the real chess arena, where, haughty about ratings, everybody has only one thought in mind: to win — to pile up plaudits against the county grader's autumnal assessment. And to this end we all hope for a weaker opponent, but in the tournaments there are no outright weakies.2010, John Healy, Coffeehouse Chess Tactics: An Astonishing Trip Into the World of Competitive Chess, Alkmaar, Netherlands: New In Chess, page 17
    Synonyms:
    patzer, woodpusher

Synonyms of weakie

Forms of weakie

pluralweakies

Origin of weakie

Clipping of weakfish + -ie.

From weak + -ie.

Questions about weakie

What does weakie mean?
Weakie means a weakfish.
What part of speech is weakie?
Weakie is a noun.
What is the plural of weakie?
The plural of weakie is weakies.

Words near weakie in the dictionary

  1. weakhanded
  2. weakheaded
  3. weakhearted
  4. weakheartedly
  5. weakheartedness
  6. weakie
  7. weakier
  8. weakies
  9. weakiest
  10. weakiness
  11. weakino

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