different between hippo vs zippo
hippo
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?p??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h?po?/
- Rhymes: -?p??
Noun
hippo (plural hippos)
- Clipping of hippopotamus.
- 2006 "The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal." Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.
Derived terms
- hippo fly
hippo From the web:
- what hippos eat
- what hippocampus does
- what hippos look like
- what hippo means
- what hippocampus means
- what hippos do
- what hippos are endangered
- what hippocratic oath
zippo
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
zip +? -o
Adjective
zippo (not comparable)
- (slang) None whatsoever
Translations
Etymology 2
Popular slang among American soldiers in the Vietnam War; from the Zippo brand of lighter.
Alternative forms
- Zippo
Verb
zippo (third-person singular simple present zippos, present participle zippoing, simple past and past participle zippoed)
- (slang) To light on fire.
Italian
Verb
zippo
- first-person singular present indicative of zippare
Anagrams
- zoppi
zippo From the web:
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- hippo vs zippo
- terms vs luxating
- thedom vs theedom
- reupholstered vs reupholsterer
- occupation vs reupholsterer
- express vs exprest
- terms vs demolitionist
- demolition vs demolitionist
- croquets vs coquets
- croquets vs croquetas
- croqueted vs roqueted
- croqueted vs croqueter
- terms vs collaud
- terms vs boweries
- boweries vs boeries
- boreids vs coreids
- bedding vs bedoing
- terms vs nerfling
- resale vs resaler
- realer vs resaler