(martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.
co
co
noun
(colloquial) Clipping of company.
pron
(nonstandard) them (singular). Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
(nonstandard) they (singular). Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
do
do
adv
(rare) Abbreviation of ditto.
noun
(UK, informal) A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality.
(UK, slang) A homicide.
(archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
(chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.
(chiefly obsolete, fossilized in the UK) Something that has been done.
(informal) Clipping of hairdo.
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
(obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
(obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
num
The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.
verb
(archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
(auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
(ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
(informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
(informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
(informal, transitive, ditransitive) To make or provide.
(intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
(intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
(intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
(intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
(stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
(transitive) To cheat or swindle.
(transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
(transitive) To impersonate or depict.
(transitive) To perform; to execute.
(transitive) To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
(transitive) To take drugs.
(transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
(transitive) To treat in a certain way.
(transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
(transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
(transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
(transitive, intransitive) To finish.
(transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
(transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
(transitive, slang) To kill.
Let’s do New York also.
To cook.
To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
eo
fo
fo
noun
(paper, printing) Abbreviation of folio., page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
prep
(informal) Alternative spelling of fo'
go
go
adj
(postpositive, chiefly military and space flight) Working correctly and ready to commence operation; approved and able to be put into action.
noun
(board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
(cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
(dated) Noisy merriment.
(dated) The fashion or mode.
(obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
(slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
(slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
(uncommon) The act of going.
(uncountable) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
A period of activity.
A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
An act; the working or operation.
An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
An attempt, a try.
See Thesaurus:dandy
Synonym: green light
Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
Synonyms: gage, measure
Synonyms: mode, style, trend
verb
(copulative) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
(copulative) To come to (a certain condition or state).
(imperative) Expressing encouragement or approval.
(intransitive) To attend.
(intransitive) To be accepted.
(intransitive) To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
(intransitive) To be discarded or disposed of.
(intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
(intransitive) To be sold.
(intransitive) To be spent or used up.
(intransitive) To belong (somewhere).
(intransitive) To break down or decay.
(intransitive) To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
(intransitive) To collapse or give way, to break apart.
(intransitive) To date.
(intransitive) To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
(intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
(intransitive) To fight or attack.
(intransitive) To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
(intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
(intransitive) To leave; to move away.
(intransitive) To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
(intransitive) To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
(intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
(intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
(intransitive) To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
(intransitive) To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
(intransitive) To resort (to).
(intransitive) To sound; to make a noise.
(intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
(intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
(intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
(intransitive) To work (through or over), especially mentally.
(intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
(intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
(intransitive, colloquial, with another verb, sometimes linked by and) To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
(intransitive, copulative) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
(intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To be out.
(intransitive, cricket, of a wicket) To be lost.
(intransitive, of time) To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
(intransitive, often followed by a preposition) To fit.
(obsolete, intransitive) To walk; to travel on one's feet.
(transitive) To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
(transitive) To make the (specified) sound.
(transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
(transitive) To yield or weigh.
(transitive, Australian slang) To attack.
(transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
(transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
(transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
(transitive, obsolete, US, slang) To fight.
(transitive, slang) To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
(transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
Anything goes around here.
How long can you go without water?
I went at him with a knife.
I woke up just before the clock went.
Let's go halves on this.
Let's go this way for a while.
Synonyms: become, turn, change into
Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
Synonyms: function, work, operate
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
Those babies go five tons apiece.
To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
To travel or pass along.
To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
We've only gone twenty miles today.
Why don’t you go with us?
Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
ho
ho
intj
(nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
(rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
noun
(obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
(slang) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
verb
(obsolete) To care, be anxious, long.
To act as a ho.
io
io
intj
(rare) An exclamation of joy or triumph.
noun
A type of moth, the io moth.
jo
jo
noun
(Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.
The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.
ko
ko
noun
(game of Go) A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
(game of Go) a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
(game of Go) ko fight
lo
lo
abbrev
(colloquial) hello ('lo; see hallo)
adj
Informal spelling of low.
intj
(archaic) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).
mo
mo
adj
(archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
(dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of mo' (“more”)
adv
(now dialectal) Further, longer.
(obsolete) To a greater degree.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A moustache.
(colloquial) Clipping of moment.
(prison slang) A molester.
(slang) A homosexual.
(slang) A moron.
num
The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
no
no
adv
(informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
(without adjective, now Scotland, informal) not
Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
det
Hardly any.
Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
intj
disgust
mild disapproval
vehement rejection of truthfulness
noun
a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval
a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition
particle
(colloquial) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.
Used to show agreement with a negative question.
Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
prep
(colloquial, usually humorous) not, does not, do not, etc.
like
without
oa
ob
ob
noun
(archaic) an objection
(genetics) the obese gene
(historical) a halfpenny
oc
oc
adv
(Internet slang) Initialism of of course.
od
od
noun
(archaic) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Carl Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.
(now archaic, regional) (Euphemistic form of) God.
oe
oe
noun
(literary or poetic, rare) A small island.
A grandchild.
of
of
prep
(Canada, US, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
(UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
(US, informal, considered incorrect by some) Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
(after a noun) Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
(after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) Used to indicate the material or substance used.
(chiefly US) Denotes the number of minutes before the hour
(chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
(directly following a noun) Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
(following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
(following a noun) Indicates a given part.
(following a number or other quantitive word) Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
(following a passive verb) Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
(following an adjective) Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
(following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter.
(following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
(following an intransitive verb) Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
(informal) Often used without the hour
(now archaic or literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards.
(now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
(now obsolete or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
(obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
(obsolete) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
2022-05-16, Ariel Levine; Giancarlo Esposito, director, Better Call Saul S6E6: Axe and Grind, spoken by Private Investigator (Lennie Loftin), 09:20 from the start:
Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
Forming the "objective genitive".
From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).
Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
Wednesday was more of the same. Out at 08:30, got to the office by quarter of, clients all day.
symbol
(stenoscript) Abbreviation of off., often
verb
(usually in modal perfect constructions) Eye dialect spelling of have or ’ve, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.
og
og
noun
Initialism of own goal.
oh
oh
intj
(interrogative) Expression of mild scepticism.
A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary.
A word to precede an added comment or afterthought.
A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark.
An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
Expression of pain. See ouch.
Expression of surprise.
Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
noun
An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
the digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
the letter O, o (more commonly spelled o)
verb
(intransitive) To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.
ok
ok
adj
(informal) Alternative letter-case form of OK
ol
ol
adj
Nonstandard form of old.
om
om
intj
(colloquial) Clipping of nom.
noun
(Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
verb
(intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.
on
on
adj
(baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
(chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
(cricket) Within the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
(euphemistic) Menstruating.
(informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
(postpositive) Of a stated part of something, oriented towards the viewer or other specified direction.
Fitted; covering; being worn.
In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
Performing according to schedule; taking place.
adv
(obsolete in the US) Later.
Along, forwards (continuing an action).
In continuation, at length.
Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.
So as to cover or be fitted.
To an operating state.
noun
In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
prep
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
(especially Ireland) Indicating the person experiencing an emotion, cold, thirst, hunger, etc.
(especially when numbers of combatants or competitors are specified) Against; in opposition to.
(informal) In the possession of.
(mathematics) Generated by.
(mathematics) Having Vⁿ as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
(mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
(obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
(obsolete, regional) of
(with certain modes of transport, especially public transport) Inside (a vehicle) for the purpose of travelling.
At a given time after the start of something; at.
At or in (a certain region or location).
At the date of.
Because of, or due to.
By virtue of; with the pledge of.
Covering.
Dealing with the subject of; about; concerning.
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
Engaged in or occupied with (an action or activity).
Expressing figurative placement or attachment.
In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
Indicating a means of subsistence.
Indicating a means or medium.
Indicating dependence or reliance.
Indicating the target of, or thing affected by, an event or action.
Near; adjacent to; alongside.
Paid for by.
Positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to.
Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
Regularly taking (a drug).
Serving as a member of.
So as to impact; against.
So as to impart force to.
Some time during the day of.
Supported by (the specified part of itself).
To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Under the influence of (a drug).
Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
verb
(Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, transitive, colloquial) To switch on.
oo
oo
intj
Alternative form of ooh
noun
(obsolete) The Greek letter omega.
Any of four Hawaiian birds of the genus Moho, formerly classed with the honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct.
op
op
noun
(Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of OP (“original post, original poster”).
(Internet slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of opinion.
(Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
(chiefly attributive) Ellipsis of op art.
(informal) An amateur radio operator.
(informal) Clipping of operation.
(informal) Clipping of operator.
(slang, among criminal gangs) Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).
verb
(Australia, informal, intransitive) To shop at op shops.
(Australia, informal, transitive) To buy (something) from an op shop.
(transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
or
or
adj
(heraldry) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
adv
(obsolete) Earlier, previously.
(obsolete) Early (on).
conj
(logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
Connects two equivalent names.
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
noun
(heraldry) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
(logic, electronics) Alternative form of OR
or:
prep
(now archaic or dialect) Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".
os
os
noun
(anatomy) An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
(anatomy) Synonym of bone.
(rare) Alternative form of o's.
An osar or esker.
ot
ot
noun
The name of the Old Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ.
ou
ou
noun
(South Africa, colloquial) A fellow, guy, bloke.
A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
ov
ov
prep
(very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of of
ow
ow
intj
(music) Used for emotional emphasis.
Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”)
ox
ox
noun
Abbreviation of oxygen.
oy
oy
intj
Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)
An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.
oz
oz
noun
Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume.
po
po
noun
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot.
(obsolete) A peacock.
ro
so
so
adj
(dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
true, accurate
adv
(informal) To the (implied) extent.
(informal) Very (negative clause).
(informal) Very (positive clause).
(slang, chiefly US) Very much.
(with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
In a particular manner.
In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
conj
(archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
Reduced form of 'so that', used to express purpose; in order that.
Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
Used to introduce a rhetorical question.
With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
intj
(archaic) Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.
Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
noun
(foods) A type of dairy product, made especially in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries, by reducing milk by boiling it.
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
pron
Abbreviation of someone.
to
to
adv
(nautical) Into the wind.
(regionalism) Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Misspelling of too.
particle
(expressing purpose) In order to.
A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
As above, with the verb implied.
Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
prep
(Canada, Newfoundland, West Midlands (UK)) At.
(arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
(obsolete) As a.
(time) Preceding the next hour.
Denotes the end of a range.
Indicating destination: In the direction of, so as to arrive at.
Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Used to indicate a ratio or comparison; compared to, as against.
Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.
Used to indicate result of action.
Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.
according to
vo
vo
noun
Obsolete form of voe (“sea inlet”).
wo
wo
intj
A call to cause a horse to slow down or stop; whoa.
A falconer's call to a hawk.
noun
(Northern England, Derbyshire, dialectal) A wall.
Obsolete spelling of woe
verb
(Northern England, dialectal, possibly obsolete) To wall (to build a wall, or build a wall around).
xo
xo
noun
Alternative form of xoxo (an abbreviation for hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.)
yo
yo
det
(colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of your.
intj
(chiefly African-American Vernacular) Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
(military slang) Present! Here!
(slang) A greeting similar to hi.
(slang) An expression of surprise or excitement.
(slang) An interjection similar to hey.
noun
(crochet) Initialism of yarn over.
Abbreviation of year(s) old; also y.o., y/o.
Obsolete form of yue, a traditional Chinese unit of volume.