carl

UK /kɑːl/ US /kɑɹl̩/

noun 3verb 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

bright, famous, happy, modular, moving, older, red, tallest

The older carl worked in the barn every morning before sunrise.

VERB + CARL

book, call, co-authored, hear, know, like, name, race

I heard Carl mention that he was moving to a new apartment last week.

CARL + NOUN

'doctor, benz, door, duruside, gauss, gustav, information, jabuticabas

Carl's doctor recommended he take a break from work for a few weeks.

PREP.

in, on, out, with, with

The old carl worked out in the fields every morning before sunrise.

ADV.

really

Carl really enjoyed his new job at the local bakery.

Definitions

noun

A rude, rustic man; a churl.

In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.

A stingy person; a niggard.

verb

To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.

[…] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

name

A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Charles.

Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?

And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house.

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In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.

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[…] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

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Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?

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And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house.

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I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door. With a name like Carl you can imagine a

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Located in rural Minnesota, Carleton is not surrounded by any cultural diversity unless you count pig farms and cow farms as separately diverse institutions. The nice thing about Carleton is that Carl

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, carl is marked as obsolete, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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