Thesaurus results for CARLINE

carline

noun

ˈkär-lən

variants or carlin

Definition of carline next

chiefly Scottish

as in hag

a mean or ugly old woman there's no appeasing the auld carline who lives at the far end of the loch

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Recent Examples of carline Out of the roughly 500 carlines listed in the 2025 NHTSA dataset, each had at minimum 20% of their components imported from outside the U.S. and Canada. Need a break? —

Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025

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Noun

Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026