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# How to pronounce "oldhead" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɒldhɪːd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ol·dhead**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- An older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.
  - *Example*: "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 […]"
- A longtime hobbyist, fan or user; a veteran.

### 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 […]"
- "Thank you the cockeyed court on which in a half-court three on three, we oldheads made of some runny-nosed kids a shambles,"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (1 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "oldhead" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "Turns out, I might be kind of resistant to the word resistance. Thank you the cockeyed court on which in a half-court three on three, we oldheads made of some runny-nosed kids a shambles,"
- **Watch at 41:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUFb5ia8lnw&t=2468s)


## How to Pronounce "oldhead"

- **Syllables**: ol · dhead
- **IPA**: `/ɒldhɪːd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Related Concepts
[oldbie](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oldbie)

## Related Pronunciations

[oldhood](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oldhood), [old](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/old), [oldass](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oldass), [oldbie](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oldbie), [oldcomer](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oldcomer), [olde](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/olde), [olden](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/olden), [oldenburg](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oldenburg)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “oldhead”?
“oldhead” is pronounced /ɒldhɪːd/ (ol · dhead). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “oldhead”?
“oldhead” has 2 syllables: ol · dhead.

### What does “oldhead” mean?
An older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.

### How can I hear “oldhead” used in real sentences?
This page has 1 real-world video example of “oldhead” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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