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Meaning of Olds | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.
    informal
  3. A car of this make: an Oldsmobile.
    informal
  4. One's parents.
    UK, plural, plural-normally, slang
  5. Information that is no longer new.
    humorous, uncountable
  6. A town in Alberta, Canada.
  7. 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, often, plural, plural-normally, slang
  8. A city in Iowa.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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