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Hippo

//ˈhɪpəʊ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of hippopotamus. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "There was an old hippo that had the bad habit of getting out on the bank and roaming at night over the station grounds."

  2. 2
    Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa wordnet
  4. 4
    An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force. South-Africa, historical, slang
  5. 5
    An overweight or obese person. derogatory, informal
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  1. 6
    Hippopotamus Defence. informal

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