Russki

American  

[ruhs-kee, roos-, roo-skee] / ˈrʌs ki, ˈrʊs-, ˈru ski /

Or Russkie,

noun

Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

• Russkies,
  plural
• Russkis
  plural

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Russian.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Russkies
  plural
• Russkis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Russki

1855–60; < Russian rússkiĭ (noun and adj.) Russian

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Russki Russkies Russkis

Eric Frenzel of Germany celebrated winning the Nordic combined individual competition at the Russki Gorki Center on Feb. 12.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2014

A burgeoning fleet of privately owned automobiles now dominates yellow-tiled Russki Boulevard, having driven into retirement the babushka-topped, overall-clad street cleaners who once were its only traffic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Opened our Red Cross Christmas stockings and doughboys share their meagre sweets with Russki children.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns

And truth to tell, many a case of British whiskey was stolen by Yank and Tommie and Russki and Poilu and sent rejoicing on its way through these devious underground channels of traffic.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns

For the Russians a special prevaricating sheet, called the Russki Visnik, is issued.

From The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War by D. Thomas Curtin

One for me, one for my brother, who is just barely old enough to remember Mike Eruzione and the gang defeating the Russkies in hockey at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2012

But you sure remember that, earlier, they beat the Russkies.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the opening Area 51 scene, he uses it to disarm about a quillion Russkies, and to swing in Errol Flynn style from one warehoused beam to another.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'm in favor of sending Ricky to sit in at conference with the Russkies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well," Hank said, "I'm sick of it, too, and I haven't any answer either, but I'll be darned if I've heard the Russkies propose one.

From Combat by Mack Reynolds

Because there were so many Russians in the area nobody bothered much about “Spyville,” he said, “Everybody knew it was the Russkis and that was it.”

From New York Times ● May 4, 2022

British, French and Americans thought he was letting the Russkis slip something over on the whole Allied expedition.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns

Rumor at the base always magnified the action at the front and always fancied riot and uprising in every group of gesticulating Russkis seen at a dusky corner of the city.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns