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  Charlie

  noun

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

  noun

  a silly person; fool

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

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Meanwhile, the bearish puts that they had been stocking up on over the past few weeks were getting absolutely crushed, according to Charlie McElligott, a cross-asset strategist at Nomura.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

But Charlie Werb, an analyst with Aldebaran Threat Consultants, said the new shipment could help Malian and Russian forces to build up enough strength to launch offensives into areas which have fallen to the rebels.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Lee and her husband, Charlie Moua, still sell some produce to a local grocery but they have stopped driving their Toyota Tacoma to the Stockton farmers market because they no longer have enough to sell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

CEO Charlie Morrison told MarketWatch on Thursday that the chain’s most loyal customers come by around once a month.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Charlie was bright as a button because his hand kept him out of the field.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

"How is charlie kirk 28?," chimed Hanna Gais, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2022

This deeply depressing concept is partly why charlie brooker created black mirror.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2015

Sure but nothing that was traumatizing compared to the other injures i.e. ankle sprains, charlie horses etc.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2010

Pie is charlie brown because the latter had to have pie at every meal.

From Time Magazine Archive

“They catching hell up there. They say charlie riding hogs up around Quang Tri.”

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers