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ono

ono is the abbreviation of or near(est) offer.

ono is the abbreviation of over and out.

Meaning of over and out

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic, procedure word) A fictitious proword used to end a conversation over push-to-talk radio.

Adjective

ono (comparative more ono, superlative most ono)

  1. (Hawaii, slang) good-tasting, delicious.

Noun

ono (plural ono)

  1. (Hawaii) Synonym of wahoo (“type of fish”).
    • Tunas and other pelagic fishes, especially mahimahi and ono (wahoo), are known to congregate under drifting objects, such as logs.1990, Hawaiian Archipelago and Johnston Island Exclusive Economic Zone, Proposed Marine Mineral Lease Sale: Environmental Impact Statement, volume 1, page 237
    Synonyms:
    wahoo

Proper noun capitalized: Ono

Ono (plural Onos)

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Synonyms of ono

Forms of ono

Adjective
comparativemore ono
superlativemost ono
Noun
pluralono
Proper noun
pluralOnos

Origin of ono

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻono (“delicious”).

Borrowed from Hawaiian ono.

Borrowed from Japanese 小野 (Ono) or 大野 (Ōno).

Questions about ono

What does ono mean?
Ono means good-tasting, delicious.
What is ono the abbreviation of?
Ono is the abbreviation of or near(est) offer.
What part of speech is ono?
Ono can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near ono in the dictionary

  1. onnagata
  2. onnagatas
  3. onned
  4. Onnian
  5. onning
  6. ono
  7. onocentaur
  8. onocentaurs
  9. onoceradiene
  10. onoceradienes
  11. onocerin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ono (page history and authors); Ono (page history and authors); over and out (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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