Usually means: Award for excellence in film.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word Oscar:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. oscar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Oscar, Oscar: Merriam-Webster
  3. Oscar, Oscar, Oscar, oscar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Oscar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. oscar: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Oscar: Vocabulary.com
  7. Oscar, oscar: Wordnik
  8. Oscar, oscar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. OSCAR, oscar: Wiktionary
  10. Oscar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Oscar: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. OSCAR (gene), OSCAR, OScar (open source car), OScar, Oscar (Irish mythology), Oscar (TV serial), Oscar (bionic cat), Oscar (bull), Oscar (fish), Oscar (game), Oscar (given name), Oscar (name), Oscar (opera), Oscar (submarine), Oscar (therapy cat), Oscar (video game), Oscar, The Oscar (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Oscar: Rhymezone
  14. OSCAR: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. oscar: FreeDictionary.org
  16. oscar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Oscar: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. OSCAR: Dictionary.com
  19. Oscar (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  20. Oscar: Online Etymology Dictionary
  21. Oscar (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  22. oscar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  2. A Faulkner Glossary (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OSCAR: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. OSCAR (disambiguation), OSCAR (satellite), Oscar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. OSCAR (disambiguation), OSCAR (satellite), oscar: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. OSCAR: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. Oscar: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OSCAR: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. oscar, oscar, oscar, oscar, Oscar: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. oscar: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OSCAR: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING

(Note: See oscars as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A male given name from Irish or Old English.
noun:  A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], a rare anglicization of Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”) (McCusker).
noun:  A locale in the United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for Kentucky Representative Oscar Turner.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Louisiana.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for early settler Oscar Bradford.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for local rancher Oscar W. Seay.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
noun:  An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
noun:  (informal) An Academy Award.
noun:  A statuette awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
noun:  (rhyming slang, Australia, New Zealand) cash; money.
noun:  A cichlid fish of species Astronotus ocellatus, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
noun:  (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun:  Initialism of Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio.

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