po
A chamberpotA chamberpot.
» Yo, we'd better bounce, because the po-po be all up in here.
Meaning
3 senses(Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, dated)A chamberpot.
(plural, plural only, slang)The police.
(obsolete)A peacock.
- a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
- a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
Examples
7 sentencesYo, we'd better bounce, because the po-po be all up in here.
The Po is Italy's longest river.
deDer Po ist der längste Fluss Italiens.
The longest river in Italy is the Po.
Italian Pisin joke on Po.
There's no lack of poems in Esperantia, but there is a disinclination to the preposition "po."
Origin
From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), froFrom 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.
A diminutive of pot.
Clipping of police.
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Forms
plural: posSynonyms
9 synonyms- a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea:Po River
- a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army:petty officerP.O.
- a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor:poloniumatomic number 84
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States:United States Post OfficeUS Post OfficePost Office