how to pronounce ollie

/ˈɑːliː/

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ollie is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

2.

iː

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An example use of ollie in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… but there's this tension ollie right …”

meanings of ollie

name:

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.
A diminutive of the female given names Olivia, Olive and Olwen.

noun:

An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.

verb:

To perform an ollie.

ollie frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ollie occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ollie can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ollie can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;