avo

¹ American  

[a-voh, ah-voh] / ˈæ voʊ, ˈɑ voʊ /

noun

Informal.

1. avocado.

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avo ² American  

[ah-voo] / ˈɑ vu /

noun

• avos
  plural

1. a money of account of Macao, one 100th of a pataca.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• avos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of avo¹

First recorded in 2000–05; by shortening

Origin of avo²

First recorded in 1905–10; from Portuguese: literally, “trifle,” shortening of oitavo “eighth”; see octave

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Example Sentences

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avo avos

Long before avo toast became obligatory on American brunch menus, it was big in Australia, where newspapers mentioned it as far back as 1929 and a Sydney cafe began serving it in the early 1990s.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021

And it remains popular even in hip venues that offer all those smashed avo and chia porridge options that so trigger certain internet-dwelling middle-aged men.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2020

Sharp, salty and/or crunchy are the aims here, to titivate and offset the creamy avo.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

The avo toast rocks charred corn and tomato salsa, the salmon and eggs come with roasted zucchini, and the stone fruit and fresh burrata salad is as good as summer gets.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2019

It is probably a diminutive from the stem av, which Foerstemann refers to Goth. avo, in the probable sense of ancestor.

From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson

Or do they just grab some random avos and crush them into their game-day guac?

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2015

Having won temporary respite by his well-acted anguish, he was ready to proceed again on the national plan of avos which may be vulgarly rendered into English by "running for luck."

From Russian Rambles by Isabel Florence Hapgood

An expert genealogist will provide any solvent man with a genus et pro avos to order.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell

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