What does "mayo" mean?
Clipping of mayonnaise.
Mayo
/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Clipping of mayonnaise.
- Grammar: mayo is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: mayonnaise, condiment, dressing, emulsified sauce.
- Usage evidence: That mayo is nothing but chemicals!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of mayonnaise. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
"Pass me the mayo, please."
- 2 A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
- 3 egg yolks and oil and vinegar wordnet
- 4 A white person. Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
- 5 Exaggeration. Australia, countable, informal, uncountable
"Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?"
Proper Noun
- 1 A county of Ireland.
- 2 A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
- 3 A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
- 4 A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
- 5 A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
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- 6 A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- 7 A village in Yukon, Canada.
- 8 A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
- 9 An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
- 10 A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
- 11 A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- 12 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"That mayo is nothing but chemicals!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mayo"?
Common synonyms include: mayonnaise, condiment, dressing, emulsified sauce.
How do you use "mayo" in a sentence?
That mayo is nothing but chemicals!
How do you pronounce "mayo"?
Pronounced /ˈmeɪ.əʊ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Derived from Irish Maigh Eo * (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”
Etymology 2
Named after the Mayo River, whose name in Mayo means "people of the riverbank."