Aussie

[ aw-see, or, especially British, oz-ee, aw-zee ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an Australian.

Aussie

/ ˈɒzɪ /

adjective

1. an informal word for Australian Australia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aussie¹

First recorded in 1890–95; Aus(tralian) + -ie

Example Sentences

Aussie Rules players need to hit all types of punts in all types of situations, a skill that is now required in American football.

From BBC

The Aussie quartet is gathered on a recent afternoon around a Griffith Park picnic table, where a small herd of little kids makes a racket on the grass nearby.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s why watching swearing Aussies fall in love while they care for a scruffy pup with wheel-aided hind legs is the soothing balm our brains need right now.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, competitions such as the Tri and Four Nations have replaced genuine Test series with the Aussies.

From BBC

When Kent fast bowler Martin McCague, raised in Western Australia, played for England in the early 1990s the Aussie media called him "the rat that joined the sinking ship".

From BBC