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Definition of civvy in English: civvynounPlural civvies ˈsɪviˈsɪvi civviesinformal 1Civilian clothes, as opposed to uniform. the Chief Constable came along in civvies Example sentencesExamples - Photo shoot over, she is dressed in her civvies - black, red and white sportswear, floor-length coat - and supping on hot chocolate in an empty room in the studio.
- The contractor with the shaved-head said he traded his Army uniform years ago for a technician's civvies.
- He is in civvies today - immaculate grey suit, buffed shoes, short back and sides.
- But you wouldn't bet against him turning up there in civvies in future, management being an ambition still left to fulfil.
- We went up to the landing and there passing down by the end of the garden was a party of about 10 men in civvies, carrying rifles heading for the Pontoon Road.
- It was always such a strange thing to him to walk around in civvies.
- Out in the car park, live wire Menashe has put away his coloured silk racing shirt and donned his civvies.
- He was in civvies rather than a uniform and he didn't give me a chance to clean up, although I carry bags with me to do just that.
- After 32 years, she is adapting to a new life in civvies.
- When he's in civvies, he tap-taps down the street.
- However, it would have been nice to take the actual NHL teams into these arenas in civvies and battle it out that way.
- She sneaked into town on a freight train, covered her uniform with civvies, stuffed her hair into a floppy hat and donned some oversized Ray-Bans.
- Maybe only Leapers and Observers were of high enough rank to wear civvies; he didn't have one of those black scuba diving-style outfits in his closet.
- For their sakes, given how badly they are outgunned, one hopes they will have the sense to throw down their weapons, change into civvies, and go home.
- And once he has completed his dual roles in the church, he will swap back to civvies for the reception, where he says he will carry out his most nerve-wracking role - the speech by the father of the bride.
- As Christmas rolls around again, it is not just department store Santas who are pulling on the false beards and changing out of their civvies.
- ‘For this, patrolling, including by policemen in civvies, needs to be intensified at these places,’ said Khan.
- She is now back in civvies and one doubts she is pining for her days in the blue uniform.
- He's in the army now, but his luck hasn't changed, because he runs into Tom, wearing civvies and giving Fred some sass.
- I'm sure walking around in civvies hasn't been a hardship either.
- He had folded up his bashfulness and put it away with his civvies.
- I insisted that the actors wear their street clothes, even to the extent of ordering several who arrived on stage in costume to change back to civvies.
- They have to be in the sea cadets for three months, have to be in civvies while the other are in uniform.
- A simple match in the factory where the British Army made its uniforms would have done the trick, because any English soldier forced to turn up at the front line in civvies would have surrendered on the spot.
- He's floppy-fringed, blond and pinkly handsome with slightly buck teeth; even in civvies you'd pick him out as an army officer at 500 yards in the rush hour.
- He is in civvies today - immaculate grey suit, buffed shoes, short back and sides - he wears them as if they were a uniform: pressed creases, ramrod back, purposeful handshake.
- All were back in their civvies again after lunch for the spectacular parade of crews through the city.
- I was watching the class when one of the instructors came over and invited me to join in, even though I was in civvies.
- In her civvies she looks like any other fit female - but Monica, 35, is the British powerlifting champion in her class and is awesomely strong.
- An ordinary citizen at Scarborough on his annual Territorial Army camp was turned away from the Spa although he was with two friends in their civvies.
- The contractor with the shaved head said he traded his Army uniform years ago for a technician's civvies.
- Then he asked me if I was wearing my suspenders under my civvies because he was wearing his.
- ‘He is smaller in his civvies,’ quipped one of the blue-rinse set.
- Armed with copies of the morning newspapers, flasks of coffee, pre-packed butties and dressed in their civvies, they chatted, or played cards to pass the time.
- 1.1British A civilian, as distinct from a member of the police force or armed services.
I'm a civvy, but I work closely with the military Example sentencesExamples - Some of these civvies would be armed with 357s and other weapons.
- First, a light recon group would have to evacuate any civvies in the area.
- But three knew that they would have packed as many civvies on board to reduce losses on the colony.
- Another soldier from your unit, Pte Smith, is drinking with his mates including some civvies you do not recognise.
- Why should we have to suffer the failings of civvies in the armed forces?
- One soldier complains to his fellow soldiers after the fact, ‘I saw you shooting civvies!’
- We're all pulling back as soon as the civvies are all evacuated.
- The sixteen civvies with the highest individual score will arrange themselves into four-person teams and play each other for the rights to compete at E3.
- Pete never settled after coming out of the RAF and could not accept the way civvies lived.
- After phoning about it a smug civvy took great delight in telling me that it was being fixed and not to bother them until next week… before promptly hanging up.
- Turning civvies into sailors is one of HMS Raleigh's most important roles.
- You're ordering a pizza when you think a civvy has pushed in front of you.
Synonyms non-military person, non-combatant, ordinary citizen, private citizen
adjective ˈsɪviˈsɪvi informal attributive Relating to civilians. fliers who left the services for civvy airlines Example sentencesExamples - Besides, these Kirkland galleons are pretty tough for civvy ships.
- He was in civvy attire and coaching from the sideline.
- I was a civvy nurse before, so I've seen a lot of injuries, but it was more the look on their faces that will always stay in my mind.
- Some wore civilian jackets and khaki trousers, others civvy trousers and khaki uniform jackets.
- I asked him why he didn't turn in his bloody soldier suit for the big civvy dough that was definitely his for the asking.
- Sportspeople, because of their status, are too often forgiven crimes their civvy counterparts would be distanced because of.
- ‘There's absolutely nothing to worry about,’ he says, and instantly you know there's nothing to worry about because worry is too weedy and snivelly a civvy word for what we ought to be feeling.
- He is sitting in a lounge at Celtic Park in civvy clothes.
- The officers and NCOs among the exodus are generally snapped up by civvy employers, such is the regard for their qualities.
Synonyms non-military, non-combatant, civil
Phrases ex-service people starting life on Civvy Street Example sentencesExamples - Called up at the end of the war in 1945 he served with the Eighth Army as part of the occupation troops in Austria and Italy before returning to Civvy Street and buying his first shop in 1952.
- His two younger brothers, Steven and John, were also once in the army, but both are now back on Civvy Street working as welders.
- On his return to Civvy Street he went back to bricklaying.
- When you are in the forces you get the back-up but on Civvy Street you don't have that support.
- On Civvy Street, Nicola is a registered nurse and feels that the TA has helped to develop her leadership and teamwork skills while improving her fitness.
Origin Late 19th century: abbreviation. Rhymes bivvy, chivvy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, spivvy Definition of civvy in US English: civvynounˈsivēˈsɪvi civviesinformal 1Civilian clothes, as opposed to uniform. he showered and changed into civvies Example sentencesExamples - The contractor with the shaved head said he traded his Army uniform years ago for a technician's civvies.
- Then he asked me if I was wearing my suspenders under my civvies because he was wearing his.
- For their sakes, given how badly they are outgunned, one hopes they will have the sense to throw down their weapons, change into civvies, and go home.
- She sneaked into town on a freight train, covered her uniform with civvies, stuffed her hair into a floppy hat and donned some oversized Ray-Bans.
- He had folded up his bashfulness and put it away with his civvies.
- She is now back in civvies and one doubts she is pining for her days in the blue uniform.
- He's floppy-fringed, blond and pinkly handsome with slightly buck teeth; even in civvies you'd pick him out as an army officer at 500 yards in the rush hour.
- An ordinary citizen at Scarborough on his annual Territorial Army camp was turned away from the Spa although he was with two friends in their civvies.
- It was always such a strange thing to him to walk around in civvies.
- I insisted that the actors wear their street clothes, even to the extent of ordering several who arrived on stage in costume to change back to civvies.
- They have to be in the sea cadets for three months, have to be in civvies while the other are in uniform.
- I was watching the class when one of the instructors came over and invited me to join in, even though I was in civvies.
- He is in civvies today - immaculate grey suit, buffed shoes, short back and sides - he wears them as if they were a uniform: pressed creases, ramrod back, purposeful handshake.
- The contractor with the shaved-head said he traded his Army uniform years ago for a technician's civvies.
- All were back in their civvies again after lunch for the spectacular parade of crews through the city.
- We went up to the landing and there passing down by the end of the garden was a party of about 10 men in civvies, carrying rifles heading for the Pontoon Road.
- And once he has completed his dual roles in the church, he will swap back to civvies for the reception, where he says he will carry out his most nerve-wracking role - the speech by the father of the bride.
- A simple match in the factory where the British Army made its uniforms would have done the trick, because any English soldier forced to turn up at the front line in civvies would have surrendered on the spot.
- He was in civvies rather than a uniform and he didn't give me a chance to clean up, although I carry bags with me to do just that.
- In her civvies she looks like any other fit female - but Monica, 35, is the British powerlifting champion in her class and is awesomely strong.
- Maybe only Leapers and Observers were of high enough rank to wear civvies; he didn't have one of those black scuba diving-style outfits in his closet.
- As Christmas rolls around again, it is not just department store Santas who are pulling on the false beards and changing out of their civvies.
- When he's in civvies, he tap-taps down the street.
- ‘He is smaller in his civvies,’ quipped one of the blue-rinse set.
- Photo shoot over, she is dressed in her civvies - black, red and white sportswear, floor-length coat - and supping on hot chocolate in an empty room in the studio.
- Armed with copies of the morning newspapers, flasks of coffee, pre-packed butties and dressed in their civvies, they chatted, or played cards to pass the time.
- After 32 years, she is adapting to a new life in civvies.
- I'm sure walking around in civvies hasn't been a hardship either.
- Out in the car park, live wire Menashe has put away his coloured silk racing shirt and donned his civvies.
- He is in civvies today - immaculate grey suit, buffed shoes, short back and sides.
- However, it would have been nice to take the actual NHL teams into these arenas in civvies and battle it out that way.
- But you wouldn't bet against him turning up there in civvies in future, management being an ambition still left to fulfil.
- He's in the army now, but his luck hasn't changed, because he runs into Tom, wearing civvies and giving Fred some sass.
- ‘For this, patrolling, including by policemen in civvies, needs to be intensified at these places,’ said Khan.
- 1.1British A civilian, as distinct from a member of the police force or armed services.
I'm a civvy, but I work closely with the military Example sentencesExamples - The sixteen civvies with the highest individual score will arrange themselves into four-person teams and play each other for the rights to compete at E3.
- Another soldier from your unit, Pte Smith, is drinking with his mates including some civvies you do not recognise.
- Some of these civvies would be armed with 357s and other weapons.
- After phoning about it a smug civvy took great delight in telling me that it was being fixed and not to bother them until next week… before promptly hanging up.
- Why should we have to suffer the failings of civvies in the armed forces?
- We're all pulling back as soon as the civvies are all evacuated.
- But three knew that they would have packed as many civvies on board to reduce losses on the colony.
- You're ordering a pizza when you think a civvy has pushed in front of you.
- Pete never settled after coming out of the RAF and could not accept the way civvies lived.
- Turning civvies into sailors is one of HMS Raleigh's most important roles.
- First, a light recon group would have to evacuate any civvies in the area.
- One soldier complains to his fellow soldiers after the fact, ‘I saw you shooting civvies!’
Synonyms non-military person, non-combatant, ordinary citizen, private citizen
adjectiveˈsivēˈsɪvi informal attributive Relating to civilians. I learned a good trade for civvy life Example sentencesExamples - I asked him why he didn't turn in his bloody soldier suit for the big civvy dough that was definitely his for the asking.
- Besides, these Kirkland galleons are pretty tough for civvy ships.
- Sportspeople, because of their status, are too often forgiven crimes their civvy counterparts would be distanced because of.
- He is sitting in a lounge at Celtic Park in civvy clothes.
- ‘There's absolutely nothing to worry about,’ he says, and instantly you know there's nothing to worry about because worry is too weedy and snivelly a civvy word for what we ought to be feeling.
- Some wore civilian jackets and khaki trousers, others civvy trousers and khaki uniform jackets.
- He was in civvy attire and coaching from the sideline.
- The officers and NCOs among the exodus are generally snapped up by civvy employers, such is the regard for their qualities.
- I was a civvy nurse before, so I've seen a lot of injuries, but it was more the look on their faces that will always stay in my mind.
Synonyms non-military, non-combatant, civil
Origin Late 19th century: abbreviation. |