name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
Olds
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 L D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A town in Alberta, Canada.
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Iowa.
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name
Meaning 4
Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.
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Usage: informal
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name
Meaning 5
plural of Old
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 6
A car of this make: an Oldsmobile.
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Usage: informal
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Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, vehicle
noun
Meaning 7
One's parents.
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Usage: UK, plural, plural-normally, slang
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noun
Meaning 8
Anyone portrayed in the context as not young; for example, anyone older than the speaker's audience of coevals; often, middle-aged adults or older adults.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, often, plural, plural-normally, slang
Qualifier: derogatory or self-deprecatory
Examples
- Her friends at school snicker at how the olds are clueless about TikTok trends. But they can't shame us olds about it very effectively, because we're old enough to know that today's trends too shall pass.
- Don't ask me what the kids consider cool at the moment — I'm just an old.
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noun
Meaning 9
Information that is no longer new.
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Usage: humorous, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From old + -s; compare old folks, old man.
Coined as a humorous opposite to news.