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In some senses, mayo is marked as derogatory, offensive, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
mayo
/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/
name 7noun 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, enough, stuffed
VERB + MAYO
according, buy, having, pass, remember
MAYO + NOUN
clinic, nothing, onigiri, potato, sandwich, story
PREP.
in, in, on, with
ADV.
recently
Definitions
noun
1
Clipping of mayonnaise.
Pass me the mayo, please.
2
A white person.
3
Exaggeration.
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?
[Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week? [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.
name
1
A county of Ireland.
2
A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
3
A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
4
A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
5
A village in Yukon, Canada.
noun
1
A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — egg yolks and oil and vinegar
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Pass me the mayo, please.
Wiktionary02
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?
Wiktionary03
[Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week? [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game bec
Wiktionary04
That mayo is nothing but chemicals!
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There are only chemicals in that mayo!
Tatoeba · #51119506
I'm used to everything being traced back to an English sentence like "Tom stuffed too much mayo in his sandwich".
Tatoeba · #9195708Usage Notes
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