"promo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/ Audio: En-au-promo.ogg [Australia] Forms: promos [plural]
enPR: prō'mō Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} promo (plural promos)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of promotion. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Alternative form of: promotion Translations (promotion): промоция (promocija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), promo (Catalan), promo (Finnish), promo (French), promo (Italian), プロモ (puromo) (Japanese), promo (Portuguese), promo [feminine] (Spanish), púrómò (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-promo-en-noun-QOmUDXvI Disambiguation of 'promotion': 92 8
  2. (professional wrestling slang) an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Professional wrestling
    Sense id: en-promo-en-noun-brGF8KAA Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: promo code

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/ Audio: En-au-promo.ogg [Australia] Forms: promos [present, singular, third-person], promoing [participle, present], promoed [participle, past], promoed [past]
enPR: prō'mō Rhymes: -əʊməʊ Head templates: {{en-verb}} promo (third-person singular simple present promos, present participle promoing, simple past and past participle promoed)
  1. (slang, transitive) To promote; to publicize. Tags: slang, transitive Derived forms: no promo homo
    Sense id: en-promo-en-verb--HNvrtxe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 46

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for promo meaning in English (4.0kB)

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