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ole

/oʊˈleɪ//əʊl/

ole interjection: an interjection used to stir up excitement. Also the pronunciation spelling of old.

Interjection

  1. An interjection used to stir up excitement.
    • Harry Hooper living in No. 10 / He bought a toupee and glued it to his head / "It looks very natural" everybody said / But then his wife said "Toupee, isn't that a French word?" / And Harry said "Ole!" / She said "That's a Spanish word." / And he said "O.K., can't tell the difference these days."1979, The Boomtown Rats, “Nothing Happened Today”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing

Noun capitalized: OLE

IPA/oˈlɛj/

OLE (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Object Linking and Embedding.
  2. (UK) Overhead line equipment.
    • The problem started with damage to overhead line equipment (OLE - the railway's electrification system), which halted a Great Western Railway service.2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52
    Synonyms:
    OHLE

Proper noun capitalized: Ole

Ole

  1. A male given name from Danish.

Also used as

ole is also the pronunciation spelling of old.

ole meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

ole in Hindi

ओले

ole in Tamil

ஒலே, ஓலே

ole in Bengali

ওলে

ole in Telugu

ఒలే, ఓలే
More languagesFewer languages
ole in Malayalam
ഒലെ
ole in Punjabi
ਓਲੇ
ole in Gujarati
ઓલે
ole in Odia
ଓଲେ
ole in Nepali
ओले, ओलेले

Examples of ole in a sentence

  • It looks like any ole black hoodie but it's actually a state of the art transformational mask.
  • 'The silly ole sod's talkin' about a star shower,' Bill told them, turning to Jack.
  • Jake, I think maybe we just completed the ole Oreo cookie thing!

All 34 example sentences with ole

Synonyms of ole

Origin of ole

Borrowed from Spanish olé.

Borrowed from Danish Ole.

Words formed from ole

Phrases with ole

Words that rhyme with ole

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ole

What does ole mean?
Ole means an interjection used to stir up excitement.
What is ole in Hindi?
Ole in Hindi is ओले. See Ole meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ole?
Ole can be an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ole?
Ole is pronounced /oʊˈleɪ/.

Words near ole in the dictionary

  1. Olduwan
  2. Oldwick
  3. oldwife
  4. oldwives
  5. oldy
  6. ole
  7. Ole Miss
  8. oleacein
  9. oleaceous
  10. oleacinid
  11. oleacinids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ole (page history and authors); OLE (page history and authors); Ole (page history and authors); ole (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ole (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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