"momo" meaning in English

See momo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊməʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-momo.wav Forms: momos [plural], momo [plural]
enPR: mō'mō Etymology: From Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃/馍馍 (mómo). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|མོག་མོག}} Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|饃饃}} 饃饃/馍馍 (mómo) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|momo}} momo (plural momos or momo)
  1. A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese. Translations (type of dumpling): মম (mom) (Assamese), мо́ма (móma) (Belarusian), মোমো (mōmō) (Bengali), 饃饃 (Chinese Mandarin), 馍馍 (mómo) (Chinese Mandarin), momo (Dutch), མོ་མོ (mo mo) (Dzongkha), momo (Finnish), momo-nyytti (Finnish), momo (French), Momo (German), मोमो (momo) [masculine] (Hindi), momo (Hungarian), モモ (momo) (Japanese), момо (momo) (Kyrgyz), མོག་མོག (mog mog) (Ladakhi), मोःमो (moḥmo) (Nepali), मोमो (momo) (Nepali), मःम (maḥma) (Nepali), मम (mama) (Nepali), मोःमोः (moḥmoḥ) (Nepali), मोमोः (momoḥ) (Nepali), मःमः (maḥmaḥ) (Nepali), ममः (mamaḥ) (Nepali), मम (mam) (Nepali), मम (mama) (Newar), momo (Polish), momo [masculine] (Portuguese), мо́мо (mómo) (Russian), momo (Spanish), momos (Swedish), โมโม (mo-mo) (Thai), མོག་མོག (mog mog) (Tibetan), momo (Turkish), момо (momo) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-momo-en-noun-q6HNEgwn Disambiguation of 'type of dumpling': 84 16
  2. (India, slang, offensive) A person from Northeast India. Tags: India, offensive, slang Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-momo-en-noun-Qy7Ci0tm Disambiguation of Foods: 37 59 4 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Dzongkha translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Ladakhi translations, Terms with Nepali translations, Terms with Newar translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tibetan translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 56 11 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 22 66 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 21 52 4 17 1 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 49 3 20 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Dzongkha translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladakhi translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Nepali translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Newar translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mo-mo
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊməʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-momo.wav Forms: momos [plural]
enPR: mō'mō Etymology: Clipping and reduplication of moron. Etymology templates: {{reduplication of|en|moron|nocap=1}} reduplication of moron Head templates: {{en-noun}} momo (plural momos)
  1. (US, slang, derogatory) A moron. Tags: US, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-momo-en-noun--jhDM3Om Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Ace (Robert De Niro):",
          "text": "The probability on one-four-reel machine is a million and a half to one. On three machines in a row, it's in the billions. It cannot happen… would not happen, you fuckin' momo!",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
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    "Terms with Newar translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "mom",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "মম"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "word": "мо́ма"
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      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "মোমো"
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      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "饃饃"
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      "word": "馍馍"
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      "word": "momo"
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      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "མོ་མོ"
    },
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      "word": "momo"
    },
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      "word": "momo"
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      "word": "Momo"
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      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "མོག་མོག"
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      "word": "मोःमो"
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      "word": "मोमो"
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      "sense": "type of dumpling",
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      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "moḥmoḥ",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "मोःमोः"
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "momoḥ",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "मोमोः"
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      "word": "मःमः"
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      "word": "मम"
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      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "momo"
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    },
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "momo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "momos"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mo-mo",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "โมโม"
    },
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mog mog",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "མོག་མོག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "momo"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "momo",
      "sense": "type of dumpling",
      "word": "момо"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Ace (Robert De Niro):",
          "text": "The probability on one-four-reel machine is a million and a half to one. On three machines in a row, it's in the billions. It cannot happen… would not happen, you fuckin' momo!",
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    },
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