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po.

A peacock.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pəʊ/
  1. A peacock.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.

noun/pəʊ/
  1. A chamberpot.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · colloquial · dated
Where this word comes from

A diminutive of pot.

noun/pəʊ/
  1. The police.

    plural · plural-only · slang
Where this word comes from

Clipping of police.

adj[p˭o]Singapore/pəʊ/
  1. Thinner; with more water added to dilute it.

    Singapore · colloquial · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Hokkien 薄 (po̍h / po̍k, “weak”).

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