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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Delicious; tasty.

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  • abbreviation or nearest offer
  • abbreviation Internet, slang over and out
  • adjective Hawaiian good-tasting, delicious.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hawaiian ‘ono.]

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From Hawaiian ʻono ("delicious").

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Examples

  • There is a period of time defined as the ono second.

    Archive 2004-11-01 neil h 2004

  • There is a period of time defined as the ono second.

    The ono second neil h 2004

  • For more immediate relief, the Waldorf-Astoria Collection Grand Wailea Resort in Maui, which has suites with Italian-marble bathrooms and nightly turndown service, has added a two-entrées-for-one "ono ono" hour, using a Hawaiian word for "delicious.

    In Hawaii, Paradise Goes on Sale 2008

  • Noho iho la lakou ma ia la a ahiahi, hoi aku la i ka hale, kena mai la na makua a me na kahu e ai, aka, aole loaa ia ia ka ono o ka ai, no ka mea, ua pouli i ke aloha.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • West Ham have added a little "ono" to Carlton Cole's £10m price tag in an attempt to persuade Liverpool and Birmingham to stop looking at the striker on the shelf and get him to the checkout.

    Football transfer rumours: Everton's Jack Rodwell to Manchester United? 2010

  • MABUSE: From one of the continent's most troubled countries, Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's compelling documentary stood out above the rest, earning him the title of Africa's best.

    CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2008 2008

  • Shep's pie is always good for a "ono" or two from da guys.

    shepherd's pie Annie 2006

  • No laila, e nā kupa kūpa'a o ka 'āina, e no'ono'o pono kākou i ka hana a ka lima a me ke kūlana o ka' āina.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2010

  • No laila, e nā kupa kūpa'a o ka 'āina, e no'ono'o pono kākou i ka hana a ka lima a me ke kūlana o ka' āina.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2010

  • Kainō e kū'ono'ono ana ka nohona o ka wā haumaka'iole, eia kā, 'o ka puni wale aku a ka hāpōpō, pau koke kona waiwai i ka' iole!

    Starbulletin Headlines 2009

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  1. musician

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  1. Ula
  2. ana'ku
  3. hanohano
  4. hiamoe
  5. hoohaumia
  6. hoola
  7. huakai
  8. huhu
  9. iala
  10. kahuna
  11. kaikunane
  12. kolu
  13. kuka
  14. mawaho
  15. noonoo
  16. tago
  17. uka
  18. uku
  19. wela

rhymes (2)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Loiacono
  2. mono

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  • reesetee commented on the word ono

    Home of the O Yes Diner. (Seriously.)

    September 19, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the word ono

    That's great! Sounds like a place the Kool-Aid Man needs to visit! ;-)

    September 20, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the word ono

    Damn! I'd almost succeeded in blocking that creature from memory!

    September 20, 2007

  • uselessness commented on the word ono

    Ohh YEAHHH!!

    September 20, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the word ono

    Ouch! It hurts! Kool-Aid Man freaks me out!

    September 20, 2007

  • frogapplause commented on the word ono

    (Hawaiian) good-tasting, delicious.

    March 8, 2011

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