Po
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po¹
- /pəʊ/
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.
noun pos
- A peacock.
po²
- /pəʊ/
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
A diminutive of pot.
noun pos
- A chamberpot. Ma's out, Pa's out, let's talk rude-- Pee, po, belly, bum, drawers!
po³
- /pəʊ/
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Clipping of police.
noun po'
- The police. "Basically it's a celebration of all the gearheads in the area," Rob told him. "Sometimes we get busted by the po, but we always find a new place to show off our rides. Enjoy this lot while we have it."
po⁴
- [p˭o] Singapore
- /pəʊ/
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Hokkien 薄 (po̍h / po̍k, “weak”).
adjective poh
- Thinner; with more water added to dilute it.
Po⁵
Where it comes from
From Italian Po, from Latin Padus.
proper noun the Po
- The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
PO⁶
noun POs
- Initialism of post office.post office
- Initialism of purchase order.purchase order
- Initialism of police officer.police officer
- Initialism of probation officer.probation officer I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro
- Initialism of petty officer.petty officer
- Initialism of principal officer.principal officer
- Initialism of playoff.playoff
- Initialism of project officer.project officer
adverb
- Initialism of per os (“by mouth, orally”).per os
adjective
- Initialism of peroral.peroral
