oppo

[ op-oh ]

/ ˈɒp oʊ /

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noun Informal.

Also op·po re·search . opposition research: She claims she never ordered oppo on the candidates.

an opponent or opponents; the opposition: It's essential to get to know your oppo.

opposite (defs. 6, 7): I don’t know why she told you that when I really said just the oppo.In this context, "sad" is the oppo of "fortunate."

Verb Phrases

go oppo, Baseball Informal. to hit the ball uncharacteristically into the opposite field, which for a right-handed batter means hitting the ball into right field and for a left-handed batter means hitting the ball into left field: The infield was expecting a shot between first and second, but the left-handed Lomak went oppo and drove one right through the hole near third base.

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Origin of oppo

First recorded in 1990–95; by shortening

Words nearby oppo

Oppenheim, Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, J. Robert, oppidan, oppilate, oppo, opponency, opponent, opportune, opportunism, opportunist

How to use oppo in a sentence

It’s like an orgy of oppo that they’re dropping on him and I have no idea if he’ll get over the hump.
The Back Booth: An ‘Orgy of Oppo' on Madison Cawthorn and an Unprecedented Subpoena|Philip Elliott|May 14, 2022|TIme
The new Oppo Find X3 Pro has a "microlens sensor with up to 60x zoom" that can take some interesting super-close-up shots.
New Oppo smartphone has a 60x microscope camera|Ron Amadeo|March 11, 2021|Ars Technica
Today, the ease of accessing data over the Internet is the big rock candy mountain of “oppo” research.
Clinton and Christie: Let The Mud-Slinging Start|Eleanor Clift|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Crushed in the 2012 ground and data game, the GOP has learned its lesson—and is knee deep in Clinton oppo-research.
The Pre-Emptive War on Hillary Clinton|Michelle Cottle|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Forget the Democratic opposition: Fellow Republicans are sending oppo research on you to the media.
Ted Cruz’s Biggest Cheerleaders Are (Where Else?) on Right-Wing Talk Radio|Michelle Cottle|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“You might call it message testing,” the executive director for the Republican oppo-research group America Rising told The Hill.
StopHillary Super PAC Goes After McAuliffe in Virginia Race|Michelle Cottle|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Romney campaign draws attention to its own secret oppo-research audiotape.
Stunning News! Democratic President Obama Believes in Redistribution|David Frum|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was answered from the ante room on the oppo-side and another page, similarly clad, joined the first.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman|Pauline Lester
There's noan so mony folk oppo this country side at likes to go deawn yon lone at after delit (daylight), aw con tell yo.'
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore|Charles Hardwick
It's young Venable's wo'k. It's his fl'st g'ate oppo'tunity.
Soul of a Bishop|H. G. Wells
Opposition he must write thus—'oppo'-site—position; ministerial, men-who-steer-well.
The Punster's Pocket-book|Charles Molloy Westmacott