Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A unisex given name.
A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
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name
A unisex given name.
A female given name.
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name
A unisex given name.
A female given name.
A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek].
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name
A unisex given name.
A female given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Olwen, from Welsh.
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name
A male orphan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skateboarding, snowboarding, sports, surfing
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verb
To perform an ollie.
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Usage: intransitive
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History
From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.
From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.
