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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

plural

kokos

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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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

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

For daimyo whose revenues range from 1,000,000 koko down to 200,000 koku, the number of twenty horsemen is not to be exceeded.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

Ikeia aku la o Kaonohiokala e noho ana iloko o a wela kukanono o ka la, mawaena pono o ka Luakalai, i hoopuniia i na anuenue, a me ka ua koko.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

If he happens to be guilty of anything and says he isn’t and cuts the fowl’s koko off,––he is sure to die for his prevarication.

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert