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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#m1)

2) (informal) Aussie means Australian, as in «Aussie rules football». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#x1)
- We had an Aussie barbecue on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#x2)
- «G'day» is a classic Aussie greeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#x3)
- Aussie rules football is very popular in Melbourne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#x4)
- The Aussies won the cricket match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#x5)
- Arvo is Aussie slang for afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/7/)
- [Maddie, with her new Aussie twang, can't follow a word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/27/)
- [In Brisbane, Nanna buys Ava-Rose an ice cream every arvo (Aussie for afternoon).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aussie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.