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- [key-oh, key-oh; verb key-oh]
- /ˈkeɪˈoʊ, ˈkeɪˌoʊ; verb ˈkeɪˈoʊ/
- /ke.ˈəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [key-oh, key-oh; verb key-oh]
- /ˈkeɪˈoʊ, ˈkeɪˌoʊ; verb ˈkeɪˈoʊ/
Definitions of kayo word
- noun plural kayo a knockout in boxing. 1
- verb with object kayo to knock unconscious, especially in a boxing match; knock out. 1
- noun kayo A knockout. 1
- transitive verb kayo knock out 1
- abbreviation KAYO knockout 1
- verb kayo another term for knock out 0
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Origin of kayo
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1920-25
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Parts of speech for Kayo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kayo popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
kayo usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for kayo
noun kayo
- technical knockout — the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. Abbreviation: TKO, T.K.O.
- ko — a knockout in boxing.
- tko — technical knockout
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
verb kayo
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
- abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
- delete — If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
Antonyms for kayo
verb kayo
- add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- establish — Set up (an organization, system, or set of rules) on a firm or permanent basis.
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
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