old man
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.48 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
noun
Term of address for a male friend, irrespective of age.
British usage; Countable; Dated; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man?"
- "One of her companions - a lanky youth with a Beatle-cut hairdo - hammered in a pin with the flat of his hand and hissed: "That's for the old man - he wouldn't let me use the car tonight.""
- "‘I use the same back-hand flip me old man useda use to knock me old lady arse-over-’ead an’ Stiffer than Mo.’"
- "See, my old man's got a problem / He lives with a bottle, that's the way it is"
- ""How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-the-wool baptist from out in the sticks.""
- "Appearance: Tattooed. Also, uncannily like his old man."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Colloquial
- Slang
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Dated