charley
/ˈtʃɑrli/
noun
- A nickname for a man, especially one who is foolish or easily tricked.
- Don't be such a charley and fall for that old trick again.
- He played the charley in the comedy sketch, always getting fooled.
- The old charley down the street believed every rumor he heard.
- A code word for the letter C in radio communication (NATO phonetic alphabet).
- In the phonetic alphabet, Charley stands for the letter C.
- The dispatcher said, 'Unit Charley, proceed to the scene.'
- The pilot radioed, 'Roger that, Charley, over.'
- A slang term for a Viet Cong soldier (historical, from the Vietnam War).
- In war stories, they often talked about encountering Charley in the jungle.
- The veteran recalled, 'We never knew where Charley would pop up.'
- The soldiers used the term 'Charley' to refer to enemy combatants.