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MO¹
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Missouri: a state of the United States.
- Abbreviation of Philip Morris Companies, now Altria Group.
- Initialism of Modern Orthodox
noun MOs
- Initialism of modus operandi The Big Man is everywhere. He knows my M.O.!!!!
- Initialism of money order
- Initialism of medical officer
- Initialism of molecular orbital
adjective
- Initialism of mesio-occlusal
- Initialism of magnetooptical
Mo²
- /ˈməʊ/
Sounds like mo, mo', Moe, mow · Rhymes with -əʊ
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given names Mohammed, Moses, Maurice, Morris, Moritz, and Mortimer.
- A diminutive of the female given names Marjorie, Maureen, Moira, and Monica.
Mo³
- /ˈməʊ/
Sounds like mo, mo', Moe, mow · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Transliteration of Chinese 莫 (mò).
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese.
Mo⁴
- /ˈməʊ/
Sounds like mo, mo', Moe, mow · Rhymes with -əʊ
proper noun
- Clipping of Moët Watch when I see you, I miss you a lot, yo / How about a nightcap, maybe a bottle of Mo'?
mo⁵
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.
adverb
- To a greater degree. When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]
- Further, longer.
adjective
- Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances) With that ran there a route of ratones at ones, And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousande
mo⁶
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping of month.
symbol
- month 12 yr 4 mo 17 d
mo⁷
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
mo⁸
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
noun mos
- A homosexual.
mo⁹
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Non-rhotic pronunciation of more. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
adjective
- Alternative form of mo' (“more”). Yo, you got mo chips?
mo10
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping of moustache.
noun mos
- A moustache.
mo11
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping.
noun mos
- A molester. The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
mo12
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping.
noun mos
- A moron. Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!
mo13
- /məʊ/ UK
- /moʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
number
- The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: molybdenum, slo, scf, lcao, sist, vik, mlv, ther, instant, second, sec, tick, jiffy, trice, flash, split-second
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title = {mo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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