trackie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From track(suit) + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal) A tracksuit.
‘I′ve fucking had it with this town,’ she said. ‘I go into the super last night, they reckon they seen me taking frozen stuff out of me trackie at the car. So I′m gonna walk around with fucking frozen peas down me trackie, right? Right?’
2005, Peter Temple, The Broken Shore, page 99:Dylan was wearing a light trackie top in the colours of the flag.
2005, Peter Docker, Someone Else′s Country, ReadHowYouWant, published 2010, page 300:Carriages crammed with more sportswear than JD, including what looks like an orange and black trackie, similar to Casey′s; some dad out with his kid. You get a better class of person in Wembley.
2006, Niven Govinden, Graffiti My Soul, Penguin, page 69:Pulling on a pair of trackie pants and a jumper, she quietly unclipped the flyscreen and pushed up the old window and climbed through, landing outside with a hollow thud.
2009, Fleur McDonald, Red Dust, ReadHowYouWant, page 118:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trackies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tracky | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
trackie bottoms · trackie top · trackie daks