kayoadj.
/ˌkeɪˈəʊ/, /ˈkeɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkeɪˈoʊ/, /ˈkeɪˌoʊ/ slang (originally U.S.).
= OK adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > highly satisfactory
OK1839
hunky-dory1866
(all) Sir Garnet1894
kayo1923
hotsy-totsy1924
oojah-cum-spiff1930
patsy1930
not shabby1975
alpha minus1989
1923 H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Apr. 128/2 Anything you say is kayo with me, kid, unless you tell me good bye!
1928 P. G. Wodehouse Money for Nothing v. 103 If you think it's kayo, then it's all right by me.
1946 Amer. Speech 21 138 How these new speech forms [sc. abbreviations] in turn may be translated back into the written word is shown by kayo, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kayov.n.
/ˌkeɪˈəʊ/, /ˈkeɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkeɪˈoʊ/, /ˈkeɪˌoʊ/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
A. v.
transitive. = to knock out 1 at knock v. Phrasal verbs.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > knock down or out
to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821
to send to dorse1822
dorse1825
to knock out1883
to put out1895
stop1895
K.O.1922
kayo1923
starch1930
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > incapacitate by
to knock outa1616
to knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid1811
to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821
out1896
K.O.1922
kayo1923
1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood 324 You never been knocked cold in your life—why go out of your way to get kayoed?
1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 112 He sat down, saying to himself that he was Young Studs Lonigan..now in training for the bout when he would kayo Jess Willard for the title.
1972 Times 10 Nov. 14/6 There was..the kayoing of the prop forward by a deliberate punch.
1975 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 23 Mar. 2-C/2 Rademacher, who was kayoed by Patterson in the sixth round in 1957, won a gold medal in the 1956 Olympic Games for boxing.
B. n.
= knock-out n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist > knock-out
knock-out1887
outer1898
Sunday punch1915
K.O.1922
kayo1933
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > knock-out or technical knockout > knock-out blow
tie-up1818
knock-out1887
K.O.1922
kayo1933
1933 Amer. Speech 8 iii. 39/1 The knockout blow or kayo itself is variously called kay,..K.O.
1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xx. 303 I still don't see..why he should have slipped kayo drops in.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 40/4 Quarry with 14 kayos in a 25–1–4 record is known as a stopper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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