Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oldhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: old-head
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.

noun

A longtime hobbyist, fan or user; a veteran.

Slang

Example Sentences

"I played, talked about, and watched basketball, watched Denise swing, joke with her friends, then leave the playground, watched some of the oldheads pass around and swig from bottles of Colt 45, and stared through the fence […]"
"He had been from one of our old rival enemy gangs. My oldheads had told me the history of all the oldheads who got killed on the battlefield, which wasn't many."

Etymology

From old + -head.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: old

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

oldheads (plural)

Synonyms

oldbie

Antonyms

younghead

Questions

What does oldhead mean?: An older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.
Where does oldhead come from?: From old + -head.

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