KO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

English

Etymology

Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off.

Noun

KO (plural KOs or KO's)

1. (boxing) Abbreviation of knock out.
2. (sports) Abbreviation of kick-off. - the time or manner of start of play

Verb

KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd)

1. (transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious.

   Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.

2. (intransitive, sports) To start play.

Translations

to knock somebody out

Finnish: tyrmätä (fi) Hungarian: kiüt (hu), KO-zik Portuguese: nocautear (pt) (Brazil)

Anagrams

• O. K., OK, OK., Ok, Ok., ok

Chinese

Etymology

From English KO.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei¹ ou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei¹ ou¹
    • Yale: kēi ōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei¹ ou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi¹ ou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯⁵⁵ ou̯⁵⁵/

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Verb

KO

1. (transitive, informal) to finish

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English KO

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkeˈɔ/, /ˌkeˈo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkeˈɔ/

Adjective

KO m or f (plural KOs)

1. unconscious

   Ele tomou dois shots e ficou logo KO. ― He drank two shots and lost his consciousness.

Noun

KO m (plural KOs)

1. (sports) KO, knockout

   A luta acabou com um KO em poucos segundos. ― The fight ended with a KO in a few seconds.