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Charlie

American  
[chahr-lee] / ˈtʃɑr li /

noun

  1. a word used in communications to represent the letter C.

  2. Military Slang. Also Charley Victor Charlie.

  3. a male given name, form of Charles.

  4. a female given name.

charlie 1 British  
/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. informal a silly person; fool

  2. old-fashioned a girl or woman

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Charlie 2 British  
/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. communications a code word for the letter c

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Charlie 3 British  
/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. slang military a member of the Vietcong or the Vietcong collectively

    Charlie hit us with rockets
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Charlie 4 British  
/ ˈtʃɑːlɪ /

noun

  1. slang cocaine

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Etymology

Origin of charlie1

C20: for sense 1: shortened from Charlie Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt ; sense 2 is shortened from Charlie Wheeler, rhyming slang for sheila

Origin of Charlie3

shortened from Victor Charlie, communications code for VC, abbreviation of Vietcong

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