Lo

//loʊ// adj, intj, name, noun, particle, slang

adj, intj, name, noun, particle, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

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

    "Ayo, send me your lo."

  2. 2
    Initialism of local oscillator. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of low (“low gear or low range”). abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Initialism of loved one. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Looking for health insurance for my LO. Too young for Medicare, not Medicaid qualified. With a pre-existing condition of dementia I've only been able to find one policy (Blue Cross) at about $1000/month (their one high-risk policy)."

  5. 5
    Initialism of little one (“one's child”). Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Informal spelling of low. alt-of, informal, not-comparable
Intj
  1. 1
    look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).

    "Caliban: Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee."

  2. 2
    Clipping of hello. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Particle
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lol. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Sentence-final particle denoting finality or completion. Manglish, Singlish, rare
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of London Overground. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".
  3. 3
    A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

    "Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she reveals herself to the poet."

  4. 4
    A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
  5. 5
    A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
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  1. 6
    A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
  2. 7
    A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

Synonyms

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alreadybeholdbeholdcreeper geareccehark

Example

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"We have pilaf, lo mein, and kebabs in our restaurant."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English lo, loo, from Old English lā (“exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy”). Conflated in Middle English with lo! (interjection), a corruption of lok!, loke! (“look!”) (as in lo we! (look we!)). Cognate with Scots lo, lu (“lo”). See also look.

Etymology 2

Variant of low.

Etymology 3

Clipping of location.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hokkien 囉 /啰 (--lo͘). Doublet of lor.

Etymology 5

From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

Etymology 6

From Cantonese 盧 /卢 (lou⁴) and Hokkien 盧 /卢 (Lô͘).

Etymology 7

From Mandarin 羅 /罗 (Luó) or Cantonese 羅 /罗 (lo⁴). Doublet of Luo and Law.

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