roadie

English

Etymology

From road +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊdi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

  Rhymes: -əʊdi

• Homophones: Rhodie, rhodie, rhody, rhoddy

Noun

roadie (plural roadies)

1. One of the crew for a musical group or other travelling stage production, especially a stagehand or technician.
2. (colloquial) A cyclist who rides on the roads rather than off-road.
3. (colloquial) An alcoholic beverage for the ride, for consumption while one is driving.
   • 2006, PartyEarth LLC, Party Italy, page 64:

     Sit outside after dinner, and grab a couple of drinks before hitting the dance floor and putting the night in motion. You can even get a roadie for the trip over.

   • 2015, Jay Keefe, And Drink I Did:

     If there was any wine at home, I'd make sure I'd bring a “roadie” with me when I left the house.

   • 2016, Gregory Ross, Confessions of Fraternity Days:

     The ladies brought some wine coolers. I was glad I brought a roadie.

Related terms

• roader
• roadster

 

Translations

crew for travelling stage production

• Danish: roadie c
• Finnish: roudari (fi)
• Icelandic: rótari m
• Marathi: रोडी m (roḍī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: roadie

  Nynorsk: roadie

• Spanish: plomo (es) m or f
• Swedish: roadie (sv) c, råddare (sv)

beer for the ride

• Finnish: matkakalja (beer), matkajuoma (any drink)
• Portuguese: cerveja sem álcool (non-alcoholic beer)

Verb

roadie (third-person singular simple present roadies, present participle roadying, simple past and past participle roadied)

1. To act as a roadie

Anagrams

• areoid