Five-o
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The police. uncountable
"Five-oh caught me, now I'm going to the mountains / Said good-bye to my girl, my lawyer and accountants"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of five-o. alt-of, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Five-oh caught me, now I'm going to the mountains / Said good-bye to my girl, my lawyer and accountants"
Etymology
From the police procedural television series Hawaii Five-O (first aired in 1968), so named because it is set in Hawaii, which is the 50th U.S. state.