commie
nounadjectivenounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkɒ.mi//
- United States//ˈkɑ.mi//
- Australia//ˈkɔ.mi//
A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
noun
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slangA communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
Hell, I'd rather talk with a commie than ever meet Catherine in a café.
“Jack Kennedy′s one commie,” he said, “and tonight maybe they′ll elect him President, and we′ll all get killed. You know.”
1966 June, Jack Burris, Fiction: Judah′s a Two-Way Street Running Out, Black World: Negro Digest, page 67, “Why, them dirty commies, of course. They′re the ones startin′ all this fuss anyway. Them cotton-pickin′ niggers wasn′t causin′ no trouble until them Yankee commies started in.”
The commies claim they are helping the blacks.
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slangSynonym of anticapitalist.
Etymology
Blend of communist + -ie (diminutive suffix).
adjective
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slangCommunist.
noun
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A Holden Commodore.
Etymology
From Commodore (“name of a car model”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
noun
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A commercial vehicle.
Etymology
From commercial vehicle.
Forms
- plural
- commies
commie · A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
Commie · A Communist.commission · A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).commissioned · Holding a commission; officially appointed.