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# aussie

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

«aussie» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) An Aussie is a person from Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#m1)
2. (informal) Aussie means Australian, as in «Aussie rules football». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aussie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aussie/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aussie» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aussie.html) on Mova free.