"roadie" meaning in English

See roadie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹəʊdi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-roadie.wav Forms: roadies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊdi Etymology: From road + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|road|ie}} road + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} roadie (plural roadies)
  1. One of the crew for a musical group or other travelling stage production, especially a stagehand or technician. Translations (crew for travelling stage production): roadie [common-gender] (Danish), roudari (Finnish), rótari [masculine] (Icelandic), रोडी (roḍī) [masculine] (Marathi), roadie (Norwegian Bokmål), roadie (Norwegian Nynorsk), plomo [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), roadie [common-gender] (Swedish), råddare (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-roadie-en-noun-2CGpmRSE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 16 14 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 42 24 19 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 12 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 10 15 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 67 16 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 24 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 53 25 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 56 22 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 49 26 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 79 11 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 28 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 10 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 24 11 9 Disambiguation of 'crew for travelling stage production': 92 4 4
  2. (colloquial) A cyclist who rides on the roads rather than off-road. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-roadie-en-noun-Aq-Mip8X Disambiguation of People: 1 99 0 0
  3. (colloquial) An alcoholic beverage for the ride, for consumption while one is driving. Tags: colloquial Translations (beer for the ride): matkakalja [beer, beverages, food, lifestyle] (Finnish), matkajuoma (english: any drink) (Finnish), cerveja sem álcool (english: non-alcoholic beer) (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-roadie-en-noun-GoG7SxR~ Disambiguation of 'beer for the ride': 0 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: roader, roadster

Verb

IPA: /ɹəʊdi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-roadie.wav Forms: roadies [present, singular, third-person], roadying [participle, present], roadied [participle, past], roadied [past]
Rhymes: -əʊdi Etymology: From road + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|road|ie}} road + -ie Head templates: {{en-verb}} roadie (third-person singular simple present roadies, present participle roadying, simple past and past participle roadied)
  1. To act as a roadie
    Sense id: en-roadie-en-verb-Fop8F43K

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "roadie (third-person singular simple present roadies, present participle roadying, simple past and past participle roadied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To act as a roadie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹəʊdi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊdi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Rhodie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rhodie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rhody"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rhoddy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roadie"
}

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