a word used in communications to represent the letter C.
Military Slang. Also Charley Victor Charlie.
a male given name, form of Charles.
a female given name.
informal a silly person; fool
old-fashioned a girl or woman
C20: for sense 1: shortened from Charlie Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt ; sense 2 is shortened from Charlie Wheeler, rhyming slang for sheila
shortened from Victor Charlie, communications code for VC, abbreviation of Vietcong
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From its opening in October 2017 until its closure, FivePoint hosted nearly 500 concerts, including artists such as KISS, Dave Matthews Band, Charlie Puth, Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Young stars such as scrum-half Charlie Bracken, centre Olly Hartley and wings Tobias Elliot and Noah Caluori have been to the fore.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It is also working to create an AI assistant called Charlie that will be able to filter users' requests to tools such as ChatGPT or Claude.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Efforts to turn Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk into a pop culture icon after his killing last September have backfired spectacularly, with online parodists meme-ifying his image.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
When it was time for Aunt Maud’s funeral, we of the Methodist church had us a different Reverend Parr, Charlie.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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