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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“Coffee badging”—going to the office just long enough to show your face and grab a cup o’ joe—was a popular workaround.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Any way you slice it, this week’s Slate News Quiz is a piece o’ fun.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

"She worked so hard, to get up at silly o' clock... and to wear corsets for hours on end," she said, adding that she continued working right up to the end of her life.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

And a horse named Upset handed the immortal Man o’ War his only loss in 22 races, earning the country’s oldest racetrack its nickname: the Graveyard of Champions.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

We ran by Gibraltar wi’oot bein’ able to signal; an’ till we came to the Dardanelles and had to wait to get our permit to pass, we never were within hail o’ aught.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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