Pronunciations (2)
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/məʊ/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/moʊ/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Adverb
To a greater degree.
Usage- not-comparable
- Obsolete
- Examples
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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.
Usage- dialectal
- not-comparable
Adjective
Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
Usage- Archaic
- dialectal
- not-comparable
- Examples
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With that ran there a route of ratones at ones, And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousande
Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.
month
- Examples
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12 yr 4 mo 17 d
Noun
A homosexual.
Usage- Slang
Noun
A moustache.
Usage- Australia
- New-Zealand
- Colloquial
Noun
A molester.
Usage- Slang
- Related words
- Examples
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More examples (1)
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.
Noun
A moron.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
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Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!
Numeral
The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
Noun
an indefinitely short time
- Broader terms
- Examples
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wait just a moment
in a mo
More examples (2)
it only takes a minute
in just a bit