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yo'

yo' is the alternative spelling of yo (non-rhotic with dough–door merger pronunciation of yo.

yo' is the pronunciation spelling of you.

Meaning of yo

Interjection

  1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.
    • Yo Paulie! How's it going?
    Synonyms:
    oi, wotcher, hey
  2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.
    • Yo, check this out!
    Synonyms:
    ahoy, oi, ahem, cooee, hey, heyo, hoi, oi oi, yoohoo
  3. (slang) An expression of surprise or excitement.
    • Yo, that's crazy, but I don't remember asking.
  4. (slang) Present! Here!
    • Sergeant: Smith?
      Private Smith: Yo!
  5. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) Emphatic conclusion to a statement.
    • JESSE: That is messed up, yo.2010, "Kafkaesque" (Breaking Bad TV series, season 3, episode 9)

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Meaning of you

Pronoun

you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)

  1. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular, object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
    • Both of you should get ready now.
  2. (US, colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
    • If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  3. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular, object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
    • I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII
  4. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
    • You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
  5. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
    • You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 208
  6. (colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person) A person's favorite sports team.
    • I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.

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Origin of yo'

Pronunciation spelling of English your.

Questions about yo'

What is yo' the alternative spelling of yo (non-rhotic with dough–door merger pronunciation of?
Yo' is the alternative spelling of yo (non-rhotic with dough–door merger pronunciation of yo.

Words near yo' in the dictionary

  1. yo mama
  2. yo mamma
  3. yo momma
  4. yo tumbler
  5. yo tumblers
  6. yo'
  7. yo'll
  8. yo'self
  9. yo'selves
  10. yo've
  11. yo-he-ho

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yo' (page history and authors); yo (page history and authors); you (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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