English
Aussie
Pronunciation
  • (AU) enPR: ŏz'-i, IPA: /ˈɔzi/
  • (British) enPR ŏ'-zi, IPA: /ˈɒzi/, /ˈɒsi/
  • (America) enPR ô'-zi, IPA: /ˈɔzi/, /ˈɔsi/
  • (America, Canada, cot-caught) enPR ŏ'-zi, IPA: /ˈɑzi/, /ˈɑsi/
Noun

Aussie (plural Aussies)

  1. (colloquial) An Australian.
  2. (colloquial) An Australian Shepherd dog.
  3. (slang, finance) Australian dollar.
Translations Proper noun
  1. (colloquial) Australia qual now uncommon except in sporting chants.
Adjective

Aussie (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, British, colloquial) Australian.
    • 2010, Veechi Curtis, Lynley Averis, Bookkeeping For Dummies, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Bn3WQmSwNMYC&pg=PA81&dq=%22more%7Cmost+aussie%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=zZe8Tr7fIpCOmQWojtWLBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20aussie%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false page 81],
      Here's something I learned the hard way: The very best time of year to start off with accounting software is the beginning of the financial year (1 July for most Aussie businesses, and 1 April for most Kiwi businesses).
    • 2010, Quintin Jardine, Screen Savers, [http://books.google.com/books?id=3glVv7KjgO8C&pg=PT125&dq=%22more%7Cmost+aussie%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=PaK8Tvj2CI-6iAfWk7i-CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20aussie%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      ‘I'm a perfectionist, mate,’ he said, his accent becoming noticeably more Aussie, as it always did in private.
Translations

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