"commie" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒm.i/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑ.mi/ [General-American], /ˈkɔm.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: EN-AU ck1 commie.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɒmi Etymology: Blend of communist + -ie (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|communist|-ie|pos2=diminutive suffix}} Blend of communist + -ie (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} commie (not comparable)
  1. (derogatory, slang) Communist. Tags: derogatory, not-comparable, slang Categories (topical): Communism, People
    Sense id: en-commie-en-adj-1lruyngi Disambiguation of Communism: 48 24 2 23 4 Disambiguation of People: 37 16 2 45 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anti-commie
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒm.i/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑ.mi/ [General-American], /ˈkɔm.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: EN-AU ck1 commie.ogg [Australia] Forms: commies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmi Etymology: Blend of communist + -ie (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|communist|-ie|pos2=diminutive suffix}} Blend of communist + -ie (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} commie (plural commies)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Translations (communist (pejorative)): камуня́ка (kamunjáka) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), 共匪 (gòngfěi) (Chinese Mandarin), komouš [masculine] (Czech), komouška [feminine] (Czech), kommu (Estonian), kommari (Finnish), coco [feminine, masculine] (French), Kommi [feminine, masculine] (German), komcsi (Hungarian), 共匪 (kyōhi) (alt: きょうひ) (Japanese), 빨갱이 (ppalgaeng'i) (Korean), 적구 (jeokgu) (alt: 赤狗) (Korean), 공비 (gongbi) (alt: 共匪) (Korean), комуња́р (komunjár) [masculine] (Macedonian), комуња́рка (komunjárka) [feminine] (Macedonian), komuch [masculine] (Polish), komuszka [feminine] (Polish), comuna [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), коммуня́ка (kommunjáka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), комуня́ка (komunjáka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), comunistoide (Spanish), rojo [masculine] (Spanish), rojillo [masculine] (Spanish), bolche (Rio de la Plata) (Spanish), zurdo [Río-de-la-Plata, masculine] (Spanish), chairo [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), comuñanga [Cuba] (Spanish), комуня́ка (komunjáka) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian), thằng cộng sản (Vietnamese), thằng VC (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-commie-en-noun-7n2WbEnk Disambiguation of People: 37 16 2 45 0 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 31 52 17 Disambiguation of 'communist (pejorative)': 94 6
  2. (derogatory, slang, by extension) Synonym of anticapitalist Tags: broadly, derogatory, slang Synonyms: anticapitalist [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-commie-en-noun-4ZkG7JH1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: commo [Australia] Derived forms: anarcho-commie, commie block, Commiefornia, anti-commie Related terms: red under the bed, tankie
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒm.i/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑ.mi/ [General-American], /ˈkɔm.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: EN-AU ck1 commie.ogg [Australia] Forms: commies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmi Etymology: From Commodore (“name of a car model”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Commodore|ie|gloss1=name of a car model|gloss2=diminutive suffix}} Commodore (“name of a car model”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} commie (plural commies)
  1. (colloquial, Australia) A Holden Commodore. Tags: Australia, colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-commie-en-noun-TfWkaAqE Disambiguation of People: 37 16 2 45 0 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 6 62 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 18 6 67 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒm.i/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑ.mi/ [General-American], /ˈkɔm.i/ [General-Australian] Audio: EN-AU ck1 commie.ogg [Australia] Forms: commies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmi Etymology: From commercial vehicle. Head templates: {{en-noun}} commie (plural commies)
  1. (colloquial, army) A commercial vehicle. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-commie-en-noun-Ng4Oqh-- Topics: army, government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "“Jack Kennedy′s one commie,” he said, “and tonight maybe they′ll elect him President, and we′ll all get killed. You know.”",
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          "text": "1966 June, Jack Burris, Fiction: Judah′s a Two-Way Street Running Out, Black World: Negro Digest, page 67,\n“Why, them dirty commies, of course. They′re the ones startin′ all this fuss anyway. Them cotton-pickin′ niggers wasn′t causin′ no trouble until them Yankee commies started in.”"
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          "ref": "2004, Robert W. Cherny, William Issel, Kieran Walsh Taylor, American Labor and the Cold War: Grassroots Politics and Postwar Political Culture, page 48",
          "text": "The commies claim they are helping the blacks.",
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          "ref": "2024 January 29 [2024 January 26], Tim Lee, Ray Chung, quoting Brendan Kavanagh, “London YouTuber hid in van, received death threats after piano face-off”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2024-01-29",
          "text": "\"I heard Winnie the Pooh was like garlic to a vampire to the Chinese commies,\" he said. \"Popular arts and music, poetry, dancing and singing is a threat to those in power, and I'm really trying to bring back that rock-and-roll rebellious spirit into music, you know.\"",
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