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• koko
  koko

  noun

  lebbek.
• Koko
  Koko

  noun

  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.

koko

¹ American  

[koh-koh] / ˈkoʊ koʊ /

noun

kokos plural

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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• kokos
  plural

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

Then we get out into the middle of a koko plantation. 

From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.

Mi wa koko ni; Tama wa otoko ni So�n� suru;— Kokoro mo shiraga Haha ga kaihō.

From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Hearn, Lafcadio

She touched the child's cheek, and he waking wailed, and it was necessary to return him to his mother, who soothed him with the wonderful rhyme of Are koko, Jare koko! which says:      Oh crow!

From Life's Handicap by Kipling, Rudyard

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

From Get Next! by McHugh, Hugh