ammo

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈæ.məʊ/
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/ˈæ.məʊ/ · /ˈa.məʊ/ · /ˈæ.moʊ/

Definition of ammo

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Ammunition.
    “Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper. Then it's “napoo-fini” (Tommy's French) for Mr. Lewis.”
    “We walked onto the racecourse like a pair of Wyatt Earps, cashed up and plenty of ammo and we walked off like a pair of Elmer Fudds, out of `buwwets'.”
    “As with handguns and rifles, some ammos are more accurate than others.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Ammunition.
    “Under fire when this magazine is emptied you shout for “ammo” but perhaps No. 2, the ammo carrier, is lying in the rear with a bullet through his napper. Then it's “napoo-fini” (Tommy's French) for Mr. Lewis.”
    “We walked onto the racecourse like a pair of Wyatt Earps, cashed up and plenty of ammo and we walked off like a pair of Elmer Fudds, out of `buwwets'.”
    “As with handguns and rifles, some ammos are more accurate than others.”
  2. (slang, uncommon, uncountable, usually)Chips or money, usually at a casino.

verb

  1. (informal, transitive)To load up on ammunition.
    “"Harry and Hassan are getting the car re-ammoed; they dropped me off here.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *móyni Latin moene Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin mūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin mūnitiōnemlbor. Middle French munition Middle French amunitionbor. English ammunitionclip. English ammo Clipping of ammunition.

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