coco
noun
coco
1 American
[koh-koh]
/ ˈkoʊ koʊ /
Coco
2
American
[koh-koh, kaw-kaw]
/ ˈkoʊ koʊ, ˈkɔ kɔ /
noun
coco
British
/ ˈkəʊkəʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coco
1545–55; < Portuguese: grimace; the three holes at the nut's base give it this appearance
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Many Instagram followers cheered the bot on, with one posting “Go coco, go,” and others calling for someone to help the struggling robot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
There are certain things that are like nata de coco, and this sugar plum fruit, these chewy yummy little jelly things and red bean are all preserved in syrup.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2023
I wanted coconut drops, a spicy beef patty with coco bread, kola champagne, and some bun and cheese for later.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
Siphiwe Sithole grows indigenous crops like amadumbe - coco yams - and bitter greens, on her small farm just outside Johannesburg.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2021
I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
He said: "She lacks confidence when it comes to speaking it. But because I speak Welsh with Coco, I try to get her to speak Welsh with Coco too."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The expeditions explored seamounts near Isla del Coco and along Costa Rica's Pacific margin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Coco Gauff was frustrated by her mistake-filled performance during a first-round Wimbledon loss, but she is determined not to let negativity linger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
This latest project takes its name from the address in the swanky 1st arrondissement of Paris where Coco Chanel lived in an iconic apartment above her boutique.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Coco is almost over by the time Ray and CPU come back.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
His modern vino de cocos may not exactly be the sort of spirit you’d want to sip at leisure, like mezcal or tequila.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Cohen & Steers’ Cordes also sees better value in the institutional preferreds, especially what are known as contingent capital securities, or cocos.
From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025
Castelluccio lentils and dried beans are in stock, from smooth white cocos to speckled borlotti.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2018
In other words, its cocos appear to have been poorly designed, at risk of taking money away from investors before the bank truly faces calamity.
From Economist ● Feb. 11, 2016
A mile away the white beach of a little, land-locked bay shimmered under the morning sun, and the drooping fronds of the cocos hung listless and silent, waiting for the rising of the south-east trade.
From The Call Of The South 1908 by Louis Becke
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