Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pak-uh-poo]
- /ˌpæk əˈpu/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pak-uh-poo]
- /ˌpæk əˈpu/
Definitions of pakapoo word
- noun pakapoo a Chinese lottery in which the tickets are sheets of paper bearing densely written characters. 1
- noun pakapoo a Chinese lottery with betting slips marked with Chinese characters 0
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Origin of pakapoo
First appearance:
before 1910 One of the 15% newest English words
1910-15; < dialectal Chinese, equivalent to Chinese báigē piào literally, white-pigeon ticket; compare Guangdong dial. baahk-gáap pigeon, piu ticket
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Parts of speech for Pakapoo
noun
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pakapoo popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% 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.
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