hippos
SayHIP-ohzUS/ˈhɪpoʊz/UK/ˈhɪpəʊz/
- 1Plural of hippo.
A pod of hippos surfaced near the boat at dusk.
Rangers counted dozens of hippos along the shrinking waterhole.
Note
A clipped word takes a plain plural: hippo, short for hippopotamus, simply adds -s and avoids choosing between hippopotami and hippopotamuses. The form serves every hippo, not only the animal. In historical South African slang it names the armored personnel carriers of the Defence Force. As an initialism it stands for highest-paid people's opinions. Used of people's size it is derogatory, so it is safer kept for rivers and armored columns.
hippos is a form of hippo
hippo, noun: An insulting nickname for an overweight or obese person. Full entry
- Forms
- hippohippos plural
- Spelling
- hippo → hippos: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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