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hippos

hippos is the plural of hippo.

Meaning of hippo

Noun

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 capitalized: HiPPOs

HiPPOs

  1. (plural) plural of HiPPO

Synonyms of hippos

Phrases with hippos

Questions about hippos

What is hippos the plural of?
Hippos is the plural of hippo.
What part of speech is hippos?
Hippos is a noun.

Words near hippos in the dictionary

  1. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
  2. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism
  3. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianisms
  4. hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
  5. hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
  6. hippos
  7. hipposaurid
  8. hipposaurids
  9. hipposiderid
  10. hipposiderids
  11. hipposudoric acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hippos (page history and authors); HiPPOs (page history and authors); hippo (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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