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five-oh

five-oh is the alternative form of five-o.

Meaning of five-o

Noun

five-o (uncountable)

  1. (US street slang) The police.
    • Five-oh caught me, now I'm going to the mountains / Said good-bye to my girl, my lawyer and accountants1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys

Questions about five-oh

What is five-oh the alternative form of?
Five-oh is the alternative form of five-o.

Words near five-oh in the dictionary

  1. five-nines
  2. five-o
  3. five-o'clock shadow
  4. five-o'clock shadows
  5. five-of-a-kind
  6. five-oh
  7. five-over-one
  8. five-over-ones
  9. Five-Percenter
  10. Five-Percenters
  11. five-piece door

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Adapted from Wiktionary: five-oh (page history and authors); five-o (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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