koko

¹ American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

plural

kokos

1. lebbek.

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Koko ² American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

1. a female western lowland gorilla, born in 1971 at the San Francisco Zoo in California and trained to communicate with humans by means of a sign language.

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Etymology

Origin of koko

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of kokko, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

In high tones, koko means a hard lump of flesh.

From Economist • Feb. 1, 2018

Ikeia aku la o Kaonohiokala e noho ana iloko o a wela kukanono o ka la, mawaena pono o ka Luakalai, i hoopuniia i na anuenue, a me ka ua koko.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Among the Nipissing Algonkian Indians, koko is a child-word for any terrible being; the mothers say to their children, "beware of the koko."

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Chamberlain, Alexander F.

In theatrical circles they call him the impresario with the sawdust koko and the split-second appetite.

From Get Next! by McHugh, Hugh

It was a punky lid, all right, but it had saved a lot of wear on his koko when he made that slide for home plate and struck the wall.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)