"kayo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kayos [plural], kayoes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪəʊ Etymology: Respelling of the initial letters KO. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|kayoes}} kayo (plural kayos or kayoes)
  1. (boxing) A knockout. Categories (topical): Boxing
    Sense id: en-kayo-en-noun-xplYud-6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 14 24 24 3 2 2 2 2 5 2 20 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 28 22 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 25 0 1 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war

Verb

Forms: kayos [present, singular, third-person], kayoes [present, singular, third-person], kayoing [participle, present], kayoed [participle, past], kayoed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪəʊ Etymology: Respelling of the initial letters KO. Head templates: {{en-verb|pres_3sg2=kayoes}} kayo (third-person singular simple present kayos or kayoes, present participle kayoing, simple past and past participle kayoed)
  1. To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.
    Sense id: en-kayo-en-verb-xT0agrVV

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Respelling of the initial letters KO.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kayos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "kayoes"
      },
      "expansion": "kayo (plural kayos or kayoes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Boxing",
          "orig": "en:Boxing",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 24 24 3 2 2 2 2 5 2 20 0 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 13 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 28 22 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 25 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, Ian Phimister, David Patrick, editors, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 239:",
          "text": "His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A knockout."
      ],
      "id": "en-kayo-en-noun-xplYud-6",
      "links": [
        [
          "boxing",
          "boxing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "knockout",
          "knockout"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(boxing) A knockout."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "boxing",
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪəʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kayo"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Respelling of the initial letters KO.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kayos",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pres_3sg2": "kayoes"
      },
      "expansion": "kayo (third-person singular simple present kayos or kayoes, present participle kayoing, simple past and past participle kayoed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Robert F. Fernandez, Sr., Boxing in New Jersey, 1900–1999, McFarland, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "When Lee Savold, a perennial heavyweight title contender, was kayoed by the great Joe Louis, he was asked by reporters, did anyone in his lengthy career hit harder than Joe?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless."
      ],
      "id": "en-kayo-en-verb-xT0agrVV",
      "links": [
        [
          "knock someone out",
          "knock out"
        ],
        [
          "unconscious",
          "unconscious"
        ],
        [
          "senseless",
          "senseless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪəʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kayo"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English spelled-out initialisms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪəʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪəʊ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Respelling of the initial letters KO.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kayos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "kayoes"
      },
      "expansion": "kayo (plural kayos or kayoes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Boxing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, Ian Phimister, David Patrick, editors, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 239:",
          "text": "His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A knockout."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boxing",
          "boxing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "knockout",
          "knockout"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(boxing) A knockout."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "boxing",
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪəʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kayo"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English spelled-out initialisms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪəʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪəʊ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Respelling of the initial letters KO.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kayos",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kayoed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pres_3sg2": "kayoes"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Robert F. Fernandez, Sr., Boxing in New Jersey, 1900–1999, McFarland, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "When Lee Savold, a perennial heavyweight title contender, was kayoed by the great Joe Louis, he was asked by reporters, did anyone in his lengthy career hit harder than Joe?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knock someone out",
          "knock out"
        ],
        [
          "unconscious",
          "unconscious"
        ],
        [
          "senseless",
          "senseless"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪəʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kayo"
}

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