olds
/ˈoʊldz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
plural of Old
noun
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.
Humorous; Slang
Example Sentences
- "Y.T. detaches from the Acura she's been hitched to for the last half mile, swings it over to Jason's fat Olds."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: old
Usage
- Informal
- British usage
- Slang
- Humorous
- Uncountable