o

character, num, noun and 2 more — 19 senses

o

characteralso spelled O

UK /ˈəʊ/ · US /ˈoʊ/

1

Letter, Lowercase The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

2

Alternative, Letter, Lowercase Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.

  • The system's Bayer designation is o Persei.
Related terms
53 termsletter, A, a, B, b, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, Q, q, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, W, w, X, x, Y, y, Z, z

o

num
1

Lowercase, Number The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

o

noun
1

The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

2

A zero (used in reading out numbers).

  • It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM).
  • The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in sixteen-o-seven (1607).
Derived terms
closed o, kayo, o-dark-thirty, okay, o-machine, open o
Related terms
28 termsletter, a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee, zed, oh

O

particle

UK /əʊ/ · US /oʊ/

Etymology From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.

1

The vocative particle, used for direct address.

  • O Death! O Death! Won't you spare me over till another year? - part of the refrain from the American folk song "A Conversation with Death".
  • Therfore arte thou inexcuſable o man whoſoever thou be that iudgeſt. For in that ſame where in thou iudgeſt another / thou cõdemneſt thy ſilfe. For thou that iudgeſt doest evẽ the ſame ſilfe thynges. […] Thynkeſt thou O man that iudgeſt them which do ſoche thyngꝭ and yet doſt evẽ the very ſame / that thou ſhalt eſcape the iudgemẽt of God?1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Romans ij:[1, 3], folio cc, verso:
2 more examples
  • c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Macbeth O! the affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor, and the presentimental speech of the king: […]
  • “Lift up your head and your heart, O King. We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:
Derived terms
O Antiphon, O Canada

O

adj

Singapore /oʊ/

Etymology From Hokkien 烏 /乌 (o͘, “black”) or Teochew 烏 /乌 (ou¹, “black”).

1

Singapore, Colloquial With sugar and no condensed milk added.

Used as a modifier after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)

  • Better try their kopi-o tarik. Our version nowadays taste like cough medicine. LOL!2003, Ixus, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
Derived terms
kopi o, teh o
Related terms
C, di lo, gah dai, gau, kosong, peng, po, siew dai, exie-osies, NOx, O-ring, OSETI

O

character
1

Letter, Uppercase The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

  • "Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.)1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 421:

O

noun
1

Something shaped like the letter O.

  • She was lying in the lee of a fowlhouse in a crumpled posture, as if cohesion had been detached from her joints, which lobbed her in an untidy heap, like a lot of old bones, tied together with string. Her skull was hitched under her humped shoulders and her fallen jaw made a lipless O of her mouth, giving it an expression of imbecile astonishment.1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XX, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 213:
2

A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.

O

num
1

Uppercase, Number The fifteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.

o

noun
1

IRC Internet, Abbreviation, Acronym Operator

2

Abbreviation, Acronym Object, see SVO

O

noun

Etymology From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.

1

An utterance of the vocative O.

Related terms
ēalā, ǣlā, hēlā, la, lo, oh

O

noun

Etymology Abbreviation.

1

Media, Printing, Publishing American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).

2

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.

3

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The number of overs bowled.

4

Slang Orgasm.

  • Sunny felt some cold and wet press against her pussy, it startled her, then it's^([sic]) tongue went deep inside of her, she had been eaten out before, but never this could, who ever was doing it was a real pro, and had to have the longest tongue in the world it was buried at least three inches inside of her and was taking long, hard strokes, it was trying to get even deeper, it was only seconds before she started shaking from her first O.1998 October 17, M6968, “STORY: The Violation of Sunny a wrestling story, by Wonder Mike”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet), retrieved 22 Nov 2014:
  • Further on, when she's about to reach her first O, the taste turns from no taste to champagne-like.1999 March 31, JT aka GF, “Re: mary p., hex and going "downtown"”, in alt.psst.hoy (Usenet), retrieved 22 Nov 2014:
2 more examples
  • She thought you could get pregnant from tonguing when kissing; about her first O and how it scared her; how she looked in the mirror afterwards to see if she had changed; about how scared she was when it came time to deliver the baby.2010, Lonnie Hicks, Einstein, Religion, Politics and Literature, page 308:
  • Now my friend was fingering my wife and licking her clit. My wife reached her first O of the night.2011 June 14, wtw, “{wtw} - "4someWithFriends" (1/1)”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet), retrieved 22 Nov 2014:
5

Slang Opium.

  • We lay on our stomachs on the living-room floor in a circle around our host, a skinny little man who said he'd been smoking O for 20 years.1952, Collier's: Incorporating Features of the American Magazine, page 22:

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