name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
2. 2
   A fellow, guy, bloke. South-Africa, colloquial

   "Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Open University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   Initialism of Ohio University. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. 3
   Initialism of University of Oklahoma. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

ohio

Example

More examples

"Mr Ou has come to Japan to study Japanese."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian ʻōʻū.

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans ou, probably from Dutch ouwe (“old man”).

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