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How to pronounce “greenie”
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Pronunciation guide for greenie
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of greenie with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies
"Well, there is this one greenie option
- Definition summary
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
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How to pronounce greenie
You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies
"Well, there is this one greenie option
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “greenie”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An environmentalist, someone who shows concern for the environment; often aimed at environmental extremists.
- (Australian politics, informal, by extension) A member of the Australian Greens.
- (US, Wyoming, derogatory, slang) A person from Colorado; after the color of the Colorado license plate.
- (informal) An unripe fruit.
- (US, slang) A beginner, a novice; a greenhorn.
- (informal) A small, green object.
- (informal) Any of various birds having predominantly green plumage.
- (informal) An Atlantic thread herring (Opisthonema oglinum), a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae.
- (informal) The yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- (surfing, slang) Diminutive of greenback.
- (golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.
- (US, military, slang) A Green Beret.
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