aussie

«aussie» in Mova's school dictionary: a person from Australia — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an Aussie, Aussies — informal); adjective (Aussie — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) An Aussie is a person from Australia. tree →

2) (informal) Aussie means Australian, as in «Aussie rules football». tree →

sense in the lessons

It is a friendly, informal word used by Australians themselves and by others: «Aussie slang», «an Aussie barbecue». Aussie rules is a kind of football played in Australia. Phrases: Aussie rules, Aussie slang, true-blue Aussie.

examples

• My cousin is an Aussie from Perth. tree →
• We had an Aussie barbecue on the beach. tree →
• «G'day» is a classic Aussie greeting. tree →
• Aussie rules football is very popular in Melbourne. tree →
• The Aussies won the cricket match. tree →
• Arvo is Aussie slang for afternoon. tree →

note

Usually written with a capital A. Said «OZ-ee» (with a z sound), not «OSS-ee». «Oz» is an informal name for Australia. It is friendly, not rude.

In the corpora

• They laugh till they cry, and Lily starts a list of Aussie words.
• Maddie, with her new Aussie twang, can't follow a word.
• In Brisbane, Nanna buys Ava-Rose an ice cream every arvo (Aussie for afternoon).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aussie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.