Hippo
/ˈhɪpəʊ/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa wordnet
- 4 An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force. South-Africa, historical, slang
- 5 An overweight or obese person. derogatory, informal
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- 6 Hippopotamus Defence. informal
Example
More examples"At the Cincinnati Zoo, a baby hippo named Fiona is helping to educate young people, both in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio and across the United States."