mono
A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while ridingA bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
» Can you get mono from a kiss?
Kann man sich durch einen Kuss mit Pfeifferschem Drüsenfieber anstecken?
Meaning
4 senses(Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
(countable, uncountable)A diet where someone eats only one type of food.
plum mono
(countable, informal)Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.
(informal)A monogamous person.
- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
Examples
3 sentencesCan you get mono from a kiss?
deKann man sich durch einen Kuss mit Pfeifferschem Drüsenfieber anstecken?
"I've got mono." "Did you kiss someone?"
de„Ich habe Pfeiffersches Drüsenfieber.“ – „Hast du jemanden geküsst?“
I had never been in a recording studio. At that time, we didn't have stereo. Everything was mono.
Origin
Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”). Clipping of monoamorous.Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”).
Clipping of monoamorous.
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Forms
plural: monosSynonyms
5 synonyms- an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing:infectious mononucleosismononucleosisglandular feverkissing disease
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable