Meaning

4 senses
  1. (slang)A homosexual.

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial)A moustache.

  3. (slang)A molester.

  4. (slang)A moron.

More definitions
  • a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
  • an indefinitely short time
  • a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

Examples

8 sentences
  1. She's in the bath at the mo.

    deSie badet sich gerade.

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  2. She's having a bath at the mo.

    deSie badet sich gerade.

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  3. Back in a mo'.

    deBin gleich wieder da.

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  4. Ah, hold a mo. My shoelace's come undone.

    А, зачекай хвильку. В мене шнурок розв'язався.

    deAh, warte mal kurz. Mein Schnürsenkel ist offen.

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  5. Mozambique is called "Moçambique" in Portuguese.

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Origin

Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual. Clipping of moustache.

Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.

Clipping of moustache.

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Forms

plural: mos
Singularmo
Pluralmos

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel:molybdenumatomic number 42
  • an indefinitely short time:momentminutesecondbit
  • a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union:MissouriShow Me StateMo.

Word family

1 related words
Relatedchomo

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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