jo
noun
beloved one; darling; sweetheart.
jo
1 American
[joh]
/ dʒoʊ /
Or
joe
noun
Scot.
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joes
plural
jo
1
British
/ dʒəʊ /
noun
jo
2
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jo
First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy
Example Sentences
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“When they talked about God, it kept reminding me of Kim Il Sung,” recalled Kim Sin- jo, who later became a Christian pastor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
But Baba Joon’s ab jo — and simply the idea of Iranian beer — was a more elusive recipe.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
That wasn’t enough to keep Mike Mularkey on the jo b, and the Titans replaced him with Vrabel .
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
But like Vocre, you can’t use the app offline, which for international travelers is not good, bon, bueno, dobre, gut, buono, bra, goeie, jo or geras.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2013
And everywhere Mariam heard the city’s peculiar dialect: “Dear” was jan instead of jo, “sister” became hamshira instead of hamshireh, and so on.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
British ambassador to Estonia Jo Lomas likewise condemned the attacks, adding "they will not weaken our resolve or our support for Ukraine".
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Jo learns to her dismay that she might have to surrender her precious friendship bracelet, whose charms represent her history with Raissa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Community director Jo Dolby said the funds awarded by the National Lottery Community Fund "will cover the majority of our core operating costs over the next three years".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Jo Giese was in her home on the phone with her insurance company for an unrelated reason Thursday when she thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask whether her policy covered a sinkhole swallowing her home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Shouldn’t wonder if she drove six white horses, ate off gold plate, and wore diamonds and point lace every day. Teddy thinks nothing too good for her,” returned Jo with infinite satisfaction.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
The providers have passed those fees on to average TV-watching joes.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
He plans to match 2015 Braedyn, a cabernet sauvignon blend, with Lee’s starter of meatballs and sloppy joes.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
My Aunt Peggy, on the other hand, had three sons, treated potato chips as a legitimate side dish and made Manwich-based sloppy joes regularly.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2021
She misses cooking sloppy joes for her six grandchildren.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2021
I might have been sick of mangled meat loaf and puked-up sloppy joes, but Dad’s guilt was not the way I wanted to get edible food back in my life.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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