mayo

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/
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/ˈmeɪ.əʊ/ · /ˈmeɪəʊ/ · /ˈmeɪoʊ/ · /ˈmæɪəʉ/ · /ˈmæɪɐʉ/

Definition of mayo

16 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)Clipping of mayonnaise.
    “Pass me the mayo, please.”
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noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)Clipping of mayonnaise.
    “Pass me the mayo, please.”
  2. (Internet, countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)A white person.
  3. (Australia, countable, informal, uncountable)Exaggeration.
    “Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?”
    “[Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week? [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.”
    “... He played a forward defensive shot, and he held it like it was a beautiful cover drive, and someone said, "Oh, mate, stop adding the mayo! It's just a forward defensive, you flog!"”
  4. A people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

name

  1. A county of Ireland.
  2. A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
  3. A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
  4. A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  5. A village in Yukon, Canada.
  6. A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.
  8. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  9. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
  10. A surname.
  11. A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
  12. A town in southwest Ivory Coast.

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Etymology

Derived from Irish Maigh Eo * (surname): Possibly instead derived from Old French, “Maiheu” from Hebrew, “Matthew”

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