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hippo

/ˈhɪpəʊ/US/ˈhɪpoʊ/

hippo noun: an armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force. Also the clipping of hippopotamus.

Noun (1)

hippo (plural hippos)

  1. (South Africa, historical, slang) An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
  2. (derogatory, figuratively, informal) An overweight or obese person.
    Synonyms:
    fatass, fatso, fatty, whale
  3. (informal) Hippopotamus Defence.

Noun (2) capitalized: HiPPO

HiPPO (plural HiPPOs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion.

Also used as

hippo is also the clipping of hippopotamus.

hippo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

hippo in Hindi

हिप्पो, हिपो

hippo in Tamil

ஹிப்போ

hippo in Marathi

हिप्पो, हिपो

hippo in Urdu

ہپو, ہپپو
More languagesFewer languages
hippo in Bengali
হিপ্পো, হিপো
hippo in Telugu
హిప్పో, హిపో
hippo in Malayalam
ഹിപ്പോ
hippo in Kannada
ಹಿಪ್ಪೋ, ಹಿಪ್ಪೊ
hippo in Punjabi
ਹਿੱਪੋ, ਹਿੱਪਪੋ
hippo in Gujarati
હિપ્પો, હિપો
hippo in Odia
ହିପ୍ପୋ, ହିପୋ
hippo in Nepali
हिप्पो, हिपो

Examples of hippo in a sentence

  • She aquacised the hippos in the zoo's pond before feeding them.
  • He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
  • We know that they're not pigs, some scientists think they're related to hippos, and others the andrewsarchus.

All 17 example sentences with hippo

Synonyms of hippo

Forms of hippo

pluralhippos
pluralHiPPOs

Words formed from hippo

Phrases with hippo

Words that rhyme with hippo

Questions about hippo

What does hippo mean?
Hippo means an armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
What is hippo in Hindi?
Hippo in Hindi is हिप्पो, हिपो. See Hippo meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hippo?
Hippo is a noun.
How do you pronounce hippo?
Hippo is pronounced /ˈhɪpəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of hippo?
The plural of hippo is hippos.

Words near hippo in the dictionary

  1. hippity-hops
  2. Hipple
  3. Hippler
  4. Hipplers
  5. Hipples
  6. hippo
  7. hippo birdie two ewe
  8. hippo flies
  9. hippo fly
  10. hippo grass
  11. hippo grasses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hippo (page history and authors); HiPPO (page history and authors); hippo (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hippo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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