"girlie" meaning in All languages combined

See girlie on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-girlie.ogg [Australia] Forms: girlier [comparative], girliest [superlative]
Etymology: From girl + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|girl|ie|id2=diminutive}} girl + -ie Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} girlie (comparative girlier, superlative girliest)
  1. (slang) Of entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-adj-rjekZM~i
  2. (slang) Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-adj-TIGXIa4S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girly

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-girlie.ogg [Australia] Forms: girlies [plural]
Etymology: From girl + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|girl|ie|id2=diminutive}} girl + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} girlie (plural girlies)
  1. (slang) A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Periodicals, Pornography Synonyms (pornographic magazine): dirty magazine, fuck book
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-~EX~aRLh Disambiguation of Periodicals: 21 5 45 0 29 Disambiguation of Pornography: 3 4 91 0 2 Disambiguation of 'pornographic magazine': 71 0 29
  2. (colloquial) A young girl. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-dtT3mC-b
  3. (Internet slang, endearing) A woman or person with feminine traits Tags: Internet, endearing
    Sense id: en-girlie-en-noun-IYfm53XA Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 20 20 1 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 15 13 1 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive): 18 21 20 2 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: girly Derived forms: girlie magazine, girlie mag

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for girlie meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

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