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Meaning of "skollie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SKOLLIE

skollie  [ˈskɒlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKOLLIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skollie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKOLLIE


allycholly
ˈælɪˌkɒlɪ
collie
ˈkɒlɪ
colly
ˈkɒlɪ
dolly
ˈdɒlɪ
folly
ˈfɒlɪ
golly
ˈɡɒlɪ
half-volley
ˈhɑːfˌvɒlɪ
holly
ˈhɒlɪ
jolly
ˈdʒɒlɪ
lolly
ˈlɒlɪ
molly
ˈmɒlɪ
ollie
ˈɒlɪ
polly
ˈpɒlɪ
poly
ˈpɒlɪ
prolly
ˈprɒlɪ
skolly
ˈskɒlɪ
tolley
ˈtɒlɪ
tolly
ˈtɒlɪ
trolley
ˈtrɒlɪ
volley
ˈvɒlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKOLLIE

skivvies
skivvy
skliff
sklim
skoal
skoff
skokiaan
skol
skolion
skolled
skolling
skolly
skookum
skool
skoosh
skop, skiet en donder
Skopje
Skoplje
skort
skosh

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKOLLIE

Baillie
bearded collie
Border collie
capercaillie
challie
ghillie
gillie
green-wellie
guidwillie
Holy Willie
millie
nellie
nervous Nellie
pillie
ramillie
rough collie
sticky willie
taillie
tollie
willie

Synonyms and antonyms of skollie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «skollie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKOLLIE

Find out the translation of skollie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skollie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skollie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

skollie
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

skollie
570 millions of speakers

English

skollie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

skollie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

skollie
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

skollie
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

skollie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

skollie
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

skollie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skollie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

skollie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

skollie
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

skollie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skollie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

skollie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

skollie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

skollie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

skollie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skollie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

skollie
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

skollie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

skollie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skollie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skollie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skollie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skollie

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKOLLIE»

The term «skollie» is used very little and occupies the 166.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKOLLIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «skollie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «skollie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skollie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKOLLIE»

Discover the use of skollie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skollie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paper Samurai
Skollie assured me with Kabouta nearby and left through the smoke of wet wood burning. I scanned the shacks to remain calm, music seeped from a neighboring hut to sooth me. Kabouta was sharing stories with the others, using his hands to ...
Radmer Lenasch, 2013
2
Fact - Fiction - "faction": A Study of Black South African ...
41), as Fietas, one of the old men, puts it - which is particularly illustrated by the relation between Fietas and the skollie. When the skollie abuses the old men as " wine swines" (p. 37) and boasts about his skill with a knife, Fietas retorts that in ...
Horst Zander, 1999
3
Acid Alex
They were: Bernard, Kevin, Ma-oes, Arthur, Innocent, Peikel, Skollie, Pietertjie, known as Mr Kuiken and who later became Pikes – and of course Oudste. They welcomed me as an immediate honorary member. Because there was another ...
Al Lovejoy, 2005
4
Cape Town After Apartheid: Crime and Governance in the ...
The focus here is on the two specific contemporary expressions of the skollie that ground the governance of security in everyday lives and everyday spaces: the street child in the city's core and the gangster in the periphery. Both categories are ...
Tony Roshan Samara, 2011
5
Hijack!: Cracking One of South Africa's Most Violent ...
The BMW gave chase, with Skollie and Justice brandishing AKs out of the window, firing at the driver's wheels, forcing it to flip over onto its roof and smash into the pavement outside a grocery store. The BMW crashed into it, for good measure.
Guy Brown, 2006
6
The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
Of more concern, and of much longer standing, were the phenomena of the tsotsi in urban African communities, and the colored ``skollie'' in the environs of Cape Town especially. In the emergent Afrikaner criminology, the phenomena of ...
Colin Sumner, 2008
7
Childhood in Crossroads: Cognition and Society in South Africa
They told their mother that a skollie (ruffian) was coming towards them and they ran in fear: Mother: 'What have you done, you two stupid children? What kind of person was that?' Tozama: 'He looked like a skollie.' Mother: 'How does a skollie  ...
Pamela Reynolds, 1989
8
The Moral Ecology of South Africa's Township Youth
Stealing a cellphone didn't make you a skollie whereas housebreaking did. If you carried a knife you were a kasi boy but carrying a gun made you a gangster. In other words, the hierarchies of crime, violence and substance use I described in ...
Sharlene Swartz, 2009
9
Shadow People
"Say cheese!" he coaxed above the din. The group grinned. Many sported at least one gold tooth. Dhava had wheeled away the moment they stopped. He spotted a surly-faced skollie scanning the crowd for a victim outside a fancy fruit shop.
Shunna Pillay, 2006
10
You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town
Somewhere beyond the administration block where today the flag flies half mast, they say there is a station where the train stops four times daily on the way to and from the Cape Flats. Skollie boys sit all day long on the deserted platform, ...
Zoë Wicomb, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKOLLIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skollie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jack Parow announces limited debut platinum edition vinyl and tour …
Six years ago a skollie rapper from Bellville put out his self-titled debut album and shook the local music scene alive again with his colourful raps and next-level ... «Channel 24, Jul 15»
2
Help police catch gun-totting skollie
Harare police have launched a man- hunt in a bid to capture a man alleged to have been responsible for a shoot out on Friday. Lubabalo Wilson Maliwa, also ... «News24, Jul 15»
3
Suspected killer teen shunned by schools
Debbie Benjamin, 47, said: “My child died like a skollie (gangster). It was a knife fight and that is very heart sore because he wasn't such a child. “Fadiel was an ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
When the silence must end
No longer is it the domestic's daughter being beaten by her “good for nothing drunk skollie” but also “madam is getting a hiding from master.” Abuse also never ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
5
Police use puppets to keep toddlers safe
The puppets - including "baddies" Skollie and Morrie - visited Mini Miracles Educare Childcare Centre, in Uitenhage, yesterday. They entertained about 15 ... «Times LIVE, May 15»
6
Pillay faces criminal charges after SARS spies explosive confession
Van Rensburg, a former intelligence operative nicknamed Skollie, also wanted the unit to "execute a coup by deciding to whom the group are going to give the ... «Times LIVE, May 15»
7
'Rogue' Sars unit spied for Zuma
Now amaBhungane has established that during 2007 the initial commander of the unit, Andries “Skollie” van Rensburg, secretly procured highly sensitive video ... «Mail & Guardian Online, May 15»
8
Exposed: the true story behind SARS kingpin's exit
... Co-operative Governance Minister Pravin Gordhan, former SARS commissioner Oupa Magashula and former rogue unit commander Skollie van Rensburg. «Times LIVE, May 15»
9
Rogue unit played by its own rules
The National Research Group, as this unit was initially called, had a budget and was initially led by an individual known as “Skollie” – Andries Janse van ... «Independent Online, Feb 15»
10
Sars' case against Pillay
“In due course, Sars formed the view that Skollie's appointment was misconceived and Sars, principally represented by Pillay, decided to terminate his services,” ... «Independent Online, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Skollie [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/skollie>. Apr 2024 ».
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