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ammo

/ˈæ.məʊ/US/ˈæ.moʊ/

ammo noun: ammunition.

Noun

ammo (usually uncountable, plural ammos)

  1. (usually) Ammunition.
    • Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper. Then it's “napoo-fini” (Tommy's French) for Mr. Lewis.1917, Arthur Guy Empey, “Lewis Gun”, in Over the Top, G. P. Putnam's, page 297
    • 'Hey, Limey,' called The Robber patiently. 'Come on out or I start using pineapples. I been expectin' you an' I got plenty ammo.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 161
  2. (slang, uncommon, usually) Chips or money, usually at a casino.

Verb

ammo (third-person singular simple present ammos, present participle ammoing, simple past and past participle ammoed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To load up on ammunition.
    • "Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed; they dropped me off here.2001, H. Beam Piper, Uller Uprising
    Synonyms:
    ammo up

ammo meaning in Tamil and Urdu

ammo in Tamil

படைத்தளவாடம்

ammo in Urdu

گولَہ بارُود وَغیرَہ, ایمونیشَن کا مُخَفَف

Examples of ammo in a sentence

  • We walked onto the racecourse like a pair of Wyatt Earps, cashed up and plenty of ammo and we walked off like a pair of Elmer Fudds, out of `buwwets'.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 110:
  • As with handguns and rifles, some ammos are more accurate than others.2011, Mark Brannon, Tom Hanrahan, Shooting Sporting Clays, page 39:

All 20 example sentences with ammo

Synonyms of ammo

Forms of ammo

Noun
pluralammos
Verb
third-person singular presentammos
present participleammoing
past participleammoed
pastammoed

Plural of ammo: ammos

Origin of ammo

Clipping of ammunition.

Words formed from ammo

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Words that rhyme with ammo

Questions about ammo

What does ammo mean?
Ammo means ammunition.
What is ammo in Tamil?
Ammo in Tamil is படைத்தளவாடம். See Ammo meaning in Tamil.
How do you use ammo in a sentence?
We walked onto the racecourse like a pair of Wyatt Earps, cashed up and plenty of ammo and we walked off like a pair of Elmer Fudds, out of `buwwets'.
What part of speech is ammo?
Ammo can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce ammo?
Ammo is pronounced /ˈæ.məʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of ammo?
The plural of ammo is ammos.

Words near ammo in the dictionary

  1. ammiol
  2. ammiral
  3. ammirals
  4. Ammit
  5. Ammiyya
  6. ammo
  7. ammo belt
  8. ammo belts
  9. ammo humper
  10. ammo humpers
  11. ammo up

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ammo (page history and authors); ammo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammo (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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