kayo

[key-oh, key-oh; verb key-oh]Slang.

noun, plural kay·os, verb, kay·oed, kay·o·ing.

KO.

Origin of kayo

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

KO

or K.O., k.o., kay·o

[noun key-oh, key-oh; verb key-oh]Slang.

noun, plural KO's.

a knockout in boxing.

verb (used with object), KO'd, KO'ing.

to knock unconscious, especially in a boxing match; knock out.

Origin of KO

First recorded in 1920–25; initial letters of knock out

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Related Words for kayos

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British Dictionary definitions for kayos

kayo

KO

slang

noun plural kayos

boxing another term for knockout

verb kayoes, kayos, kayoing or kayoed

boxing another term for knock outSee knockout (verb)

Word Origin for kayo

C20: from the initial letters of knock out

KO

k.o.

verb KO's, KO'ing, KO'd, k.o.'s, k.o.'ing or k.o.'d

a slang term for knock outSee knockout

noun plural KO's or k.o.'s

a slang term for knockout

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Word Origin and History for kayos

kayo

spelled-out form of K.O. (knockout), from 1923. Also used in 1920s as a slang reversal of OK.