coco

¹

[ koh-koh ]

noun

, plural co·cos.

1. coconut palm.
2. coconut ( def 1 ).

Coco

²

[ koh-koh; Spanish kaw-kaw ]

noun

1. a river rising in N Nicaragua and flowing NE along the Nicaragua-Honduras border to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.

coco

/ ˈkəʊkəʊ /

noun

1. See coconut palm, coconut
   short for coconut coconut palm

Word History and Origins

Origin of coco¹

1545–55; < Portuguese: grimace; the three holes at the nut's base give it this appearance

Word History and Origins

Origin of coco¹

C16: from Portuguese coco grimace; from the likeness of the three holes of the nut to a face

Example Sentences

The assimilation-fiend, Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris), harbors shame over her dark skin and black-sounding name, Colandrea.

From The Daily Beast

This has occurred with bean bag chairs, children's sweaters, and the Coco The Monkey Teething Toy.

From The Daily Beast

It will be just like how all of Team Coco tuned in for the first batch of episodes of Conan.

From The Daily Beast

When you get a new one they tell you to put coco-butter on your fingers and rub it a lot so it won't show so much.

From The Daily Beast

I ask Cox who sang it, and the answer surprised me: it was Coco, her 9-year-old daughter from her marriage to David Arquette.

From The Daily Beast

The characteristic trees of the coast regions are the mangrove and coco-nut palm.

From Project Gutenberg

You see at once the frightful amount of your extra expenses, in case Coco should have to lie by.

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I wonder if Bert's had anything to eat since he got the wallop on the coco?

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And yet Cameron gave Bert a crack on the coco and stole the code message!

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The room was full of students eating ice cream and drinking coco-cola and ice cream sodas.

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