Charlie

American  

[chahr-lee] / ˈtʃɑr li /

noun

1. a word used in communications to represent the letter C.

2. Military Slang. Also Charley Victor Charlie.

3. a male given name, form of Charles.

4. a female given name.

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charlie ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. informal a silly person; fool

2. old-fashioned a girl or woman

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Charlie ² British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter c

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Charlie ³ British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. slang military a member of the Vietcong or the Vietcong collectively

   Charlie hit us with rockets

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Charlie ⁴ British  

/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

1. slang cocaine

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Etymology

Origin of charlie¹

C20: for sense 1: shortened from Charlie Hunt, rhyming slang for _cunt ; sense 2 is shortened from Charlie Wheeler, rhyming slang for _sheila

Origin of Charlie³

shortened from Victor Charlie, communications code for VC, abbreviation of Vietcong

Example Sentences

“Protecting competition integrity is of the utmost importance for the NCAA,” the association’s president, Charlie Baker, said in a Thursday news release.

From Barron's

She joined the cast of the cobbles with her on screen husband Jim - played by Charlie Lawson from Northern Ireland - and sons Steve and Andy in 1989 before leaving the ITV show in 2020.

From BBC

“We look at things like checking accounts with unemployment flows, direct-deposit amounts, overdraft activity and payment outflows, and we’ve not observed meaningful shifts in trends,” said Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf.

From MarketWatch

Olympic and Paralympic Properties; and Charlie Stillitano, a former MLS general manager who pioneered the idea of inviting major European clubs to play summer friendlies in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

“We have been talking about how the risk for the market was that no one was looking for larger yield in the corn, and that’s what we got,” said Charlie Sernatinger of Marex in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal