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ernie

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ernie.

Editorial note

Second, Bill and Ernie each save exactly 5% of their income--even though Bill earns much more than Ernie?

Examples18
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The machine that draws random premium bond numbers in the United Kingdom.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ernie gathered in one view.

noun

The machine that draws random premium bond numbers in the United Kingdom.

noun

A diminutive of the male given name Ernest.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ernie.

noun

The machine that draws random premium bond numbers in the United Kingdom.

noun

A diminutive of the male given name Ernest.

Example sentences

1

Second, Bill and Ernie each save exactly 5% of their income--even though Bill earns much more than Ernie?

2

With files called bert, there had to be something called an ernie, and so in the Xanadu publishing system, an ernie was the unit of information for which users would be billed.

3

Does the author Ernie Smith know the inside details of Ellen Pao's situation that we don't?

4

Just for a fun story: One of the most famous game mechanic patents belongs to Ernie Moody, the guy that designed Triple Play Poker.

5

And oh good luck Ernie (Your contributions to Rails are much appreciated).

6

First off, I saw Ernie present at this years Railsconf and it was absolutely fantastic.

7

Hi guys, My name's Ernie Smith, and I run this site called ShortFormBlog.

8

I calculate that it would take Ernie about five years of living Bill's lifestyle to pay off his college debts and catch up to Bill's savings.

9

I'm sure Ernie will be fine; he's talented and hardworking.

10

Heaven forbid you don't just assume Ernie Miller is god's gift to your job position, because he is Ernie Miller and he is a special unique snowflake who is not to be insulted with petty questions pertaining to his ability to do the job.

11

One noticeable thing though is that ActiveRecord, almost, always has more fixes than the other Action* gems combined, understandable since its the most complicated piece, but I can't help to think of Ernie Millers ActiveRecord talk a few years back.

Quote examples

1

The talk of "empathy" as a core value also reminded me of the focus of Ernie Miller's "Humane Development".

2

He said, “If someone ask you if you are a god, you say yes!” That was Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), to Ray Stanz (Dan Aykroyd).

3

"Your browser does not support Flash/Java/ActiveX/Bert and Ernie's latest bullshit, please upgrade to X to continue"

4

For instance, delayed_job makes an RPC call that asks "how much disk space is this repository using?" It waits until it gets a response from an Ernie handler then continues with its background job.

Proper noun examples

1

Ernie Miller manages to dissect a few gnarly parts of ActiveRecord while keeping it positive and constructive.

2

Some of them (Ernie for example) have even snuck in their Scandinavian editors as characters in their series at times.

3

That's unfortunate, regardless of whom it happens to, and regardless of how quickly the person (Ernie or otherwise) can recover from it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ernie in a sentence?

Second, Bill and Ernie each save exactly 5% of their income--even though Bill earns much more than Ernie?

What does ernie mean?

The machine that draws random premium bond numbers in the United Kingdom.

What part of speech is ernie?

ernie is commonly used as noun.