Chaplin

[chap-lin]

noun

1. Sir Charles Spencer Charlie, 1889–1977, English film actor, producer, and director; in U.S. 1910–52.

Chaplin

/ ˈtʃæplɪn /

noun

1. Sir Charles Spencer, known as Charlie Chaplin. 1889–1977, English comedian, film actor, and director. He is renowned for his portrayal of a downtrodden little man with baggy trousers, bowler hat, and cane. His films, most of which were made in Hollywood, include The Gold Rush (1924), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940)

Other Word Forms

• Chaplinesque adjective

Example Sentences

The festival was bookended by two comedies celebrating their centenaries: Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” and Buster Keaton’s “Go West.”

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The greatest comedians of the 20th century were those who made movies: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, the Marx Brothers, W.C.

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Vacancysoft's CEO James Chaplin says "companies are reorganising their workflows across multiple sites, where, increasingly, the proportion of people hired into London is being reduced".

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“So sometimes it was the set, sometimes it was angles and sometimes it was raising other people up. We asked ourselves, ‘What would Charlie Chaplin do?’”

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Chaplin told Empire in July that Ash Clan members “have a bunch of unresolved trauma” because of the disaster they faced.

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