hippo

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UK /ˈhɪpəʊ/ US /ˈhɪpoʊ/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

happy, most, next, old, over, related

VERB + HIPPO

ate, attacked, besieged, saw

HIPPO + NOUN

africa's, fiona, regius, tom, tom's, zoo

PREP.

in, on

Definitions

noun

Clipping of hippopotamus.

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

"I've seen them buryin' a chief up the Aruwimi River, and they ate a hippo that must have weighed as much as a tribe."

An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.

An overweight or obese person.

Hippopotamus Defence.

noun

Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around

hippopotamus

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

"I've seen them buryin' a chief up the Aruwimi River, and they ate a hippo that must have weighed as much as a tribe."

Wiktionary

The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal.

Wiktionary

I saw a hippo at the zoo.

Tatoeba · #4718983

Sami was attacked by a hippo.

Tatoeba · #6709751

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.

Tatoeba · #6989072

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hippo is marked as slang, derogatory, informal, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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