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billyo

billyo is the alternative form of billy-oh.

Meaning of billy-oh

Noun

billy-oh (uncountable)

  1. (dated, slang) The greatest extent or degree of something; used in comparisons to indicate a superlative.
    • I bashed my thumb with a hammer, and it hurts like billy-oh.

Questions about billyo

What is billyo the alternative form of?
Billyo is the alternative form of billy-oh.

Words near billyo in the dictionary

  1. billygoats
  2. billygoatweed
  3. billyhood
  4. Billyish
  5. Billyjean
  6. billyo
  7. billypot
  8. billypots
  9. Billys
  10. Billys Creek
  11. billystick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: billyo (page history and authors); billy-oh (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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