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- [ping-goh]
- /ˈpɪŋ goʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ping-goh]
- /ˈpɪŋ goʊ/
Definitions of pingo word
- noun plural pingo a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost. 1
- noun plural pingo a hill of similar origin remaining after the melting of permafrost. 1
- noun pingo a mound of earth or gravel formed through pressure from a layer of water trapped between newly frozen ice and underlying permafrost in Arctic regions 0
- noun pingo an earth-covered ice hill formed by the upward expansion of underground ice 0
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Origin of pingo
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30, pingo is from the Inuit word pinguq
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Parts of speech for Pingo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pingo popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% 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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