Christie

¹

[ kris-tee ]

noun

1. Agatha, 1891–1976, English novelist of detective fiction.
2. a male given name, form of Christopher.
3. a female given name, form of Christine.

Christie

²

or Chris·ty

[ kris-tee ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. any of several skiing turns executed in order to change direction on a downhill run or for decreasing speed or stopping, especially a turn in which the body is swung around with the skis kept parallel.

Christie

/ ˈkrɪstɪ /

noun

1. ChristieAgatha (Mary Clarissa), Dame18901976FBritishWRITING: author of detective storiesWRITING: playwright Dame Agatha ( Mary Clarissa ). 1890–1976, British author of detective stories, many featuring Hercule Poirot, and several plays, including The Mousetrap (1952)
2. ChristieJohn (Reginald Halliday)18981953MBritishCRIME AND POLICING: murderer John ( Reginald Halliday ). 1898–1953, British murderer. His trial influenced legislation regarding the death penalty after he was found guilty of a murder for which Timothy Evans had been hanged
3. ChristieLinford1960MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: athlete Linford (ˈlɪnfəd). born 1960, British athlete: Commonwealth (1990), Olympic (1992), World (1993), and European (1994) 100 metres gold medallist
4. ChristieWilliam (Lincoln)1944MFrenchMUSIC: harpsichord playerMUSIC: organistMUSIC: conductor William ( Lincoln ). born 1944, French harpsichord player, organist, and conductor, born in the US; founder (1979) and director of the early-music group Les Arts Florissants

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christie¹

1915–20; by shortening; -ie

Example Sentences

He has picked pre-primary brawls with Christie, Perry, and Marco Rubio.

From The Daily Beast

Christie may have his faults, but he oozes the everyman persona.

From The Daily Beast

Christie has problems, and they begin with the fact that photos and videos and memes can haunt us.

From The Daily Beast

“These towns that are doing it just continue to make New Jersey less and less competitive,” Christie said.

From The Daily Beast

If Christie was not a presidential aspirant with an anger-management problem, the episode might not even make the list.

From The Daily Beast

As, in going downstairs, he passed the shop where Dame Christie stood becking, he made civil inquiries after her husband.

From Project Gutenberg

Ay, that is the waterman's story; but John Christie denies that he remembers anything of the matter.

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Christie did not reply; more than once before she had felt that inexplicable misgiving.

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Christie crept nearer to the edge of the slope in the shadow of a buckeye.

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"Not in the least," said Christie, with a strange little laugh.

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