Billie

[bil-ee]

noun

1. a first name.

Example Sentences

Do you now feel a responsibility to be able to pass your wisdom on to the new generation like Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo?

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His father, bank guard and former police officer Richard Heflin, was killed by inmates Norris Holder and Billie Allen during a 1997 robbery in St. Louis.

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Music-industry lore is full of meticulous tinkerers—the engineer Bruce Swedien once explained that Michael Jackson did 91 different mixes of “Billie Jean.”

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Fonda, joined by more than 800 members of the entertainment industry including Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others announced the revival this week, citing concerns about renewed government efforts to “silence critics in the government, the media, the judiciary, academia and the entertainment industry.”

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It also set a template for much of the brooding pop music to come over the next decade from the likes of Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, the latter of whom recently told Rolling Stone that she doesn’t know “any modern songwriters who haven’t been influenced by her.”

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When To Use

What does billie mean?

There are any number of famous Billies out there—Billie Jean King, Billie Holiday, and Billie Eilish, to name a few. But when it isn't a name, billie can variously refer to a good friend, a policeman's nightstick, money, or a pipe or bong for smoking marijuana.