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Definition of yo
yo 
interjection
- used to get someone's attention.
Yo, come here.
Citation from "Chapter 7", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 1 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Dungeons and Wagons", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2006) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: hello and other greetings.
Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by John Nelson from Lufkin, TX, USA on Sep 12 1997.
- used at the end of a sentence to emphasize a point.
What's up, yo?
You going to hook me up, yo?
Citation from "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV), Season 6 Episode 9 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Stan Knows Best", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2005) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: intensifiers (list of).
Last edited on Nov 03 2011. Submitted by John Nelson from Lufkin, TX, USA on Sep 12 1997.
- used as a prefix to a greeting.
Yo, man, what's up?
- See more words with the same meaning: hello and other greetings.
Last edited on May 07 2011. Submitted by John Nelson from Lufkin, TX, USA on Sep 12 1997.
noun
- "year old" or "years old".
- See more words with the same meaning: age (related to).
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
other
- "your."
Where yo car?
- See more words with the same meaning: alternative spellings or pronunciations (list of).
Last edited on May 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on May 07 2004.
notes
- "Yo" is the first person pronoun (i.e. "I") in Spanish.
- See more words with the same meaning: terms with foreign origin (list of).
Last edited on Sep 12 1997. Submitted by John Nelson from Lufkin, TX, USA on Sep 12 1997.
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