Definitions

o

[oh] / oʊ /

ADVERB

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret in strict confidence insidiously intimately obscurely on the Q.T.

NOUN

get-up-and-go

Synonyms

STRONG

activity animation application ardor birr dash drive endurance enterprise exertion fire force forcefulness fortitude go hardihood initiative intensity juice life liveliness might moxie muscle

Antonyms

STRONG

apathy dullness helplessness idleness impotence inability inactivity incompetence indifference indolence ineffectiveness inefficiency laziness lethargy powerlessness uselessness weakness

Example Sentences

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"I never turn down a challenge. Stephanie Pineiro Aquino is a dangerous fighter, but nothing is going to stop me from getting my hand raised on April 4 in Cardiff. Yma o hyd."

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Berkshire has the wherewithal of a huge stock buyback given that it’s sitting on o ver $350 billion of cash.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Mr. Brownlee’s tenor proved rock-solid in Arturo’s demanding music, from his exquisitely relaxed, almost languid opening aria, “A te, o cara,” to some punishing high Fs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Well, your mom was right in o way.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

G is pronounced hard before a, o, u, and soft like j before e, i, y, æ, œ: as gusto, in which g is pronounced as in August; gero, pronounced je'ro.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

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