Meanings
mayo1
plural mayos
- AustraliacountableinformaluncountableExaggeration.
Judging by the scorecard, Skull may have laid a dollop of mayo on the story, but who cares when the story is that well told?
2017 November 20, Rudi Edsall, “Kerry O'Keeffe's hilarious story about the one time he captained Australia”, in Triple M2 more examples
[Twomey:] Let's start with one you've never been asked in an interview: did you know Patrick Cripps pulled your hair last week? [Smith:] That's a good question. We laughed about it during the game because I put a bit of mayo on it to see if I could milk a free kick.
2023 May 22, Cal Twomey, quoting Twomey and Bailey Smith, “'I'm in a good space now': Gun Dog on life in the spotlight”, in AFL Media; Western Bulldogs... He played a forward defensive shot, and he held it like it was a beautiful cover drive, and someone said, "Oh, mate, stop adding the mayo! It's just a forward defensive, you flog!"
2023 November 17, Jo Trilling, Yeah, Nah! William McInnes's favourite Aussie sayings (radio), spoken by William McInnes, via ABC Radio Perth
Mayo2
- A townland in County Down, Northern Ireland.
- A municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A town, the county seat of Lafayette County, Florida, United States.
Mayo3
Mayo4
- A Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Mono people of northern Mexico.
Mayo5
- A town in southwest Ivory Coast.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA white person.
nounA people indigenous to Mexico, living mainly in the northern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
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Origin
Mayo · proper noun
- IrishMaigh Eo“plain of yew trees”
- EnglishMayo
The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”).
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Full word history & related roots →Mayo · proper noun
From the Middle English personal name Mayheu, equivalent to Matthew.
Full word history & related roots →Mayo · noun, proper noun
- Mayo[Term?]“people of the riverbank”
- EnglishMayo
From Mayo [Term?] (“people of the riverbank”), in reference to the Mayo River.
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Chinese Mandarin 梅奧郡 /梅奥郡
- 梅奧郡 /梅奥郡 (Méiào Jùn)county of Ireland
Irish Maigh Eo, Contae Mhaigh Eo
- Maigh Eocounty of Ireland
- Contae Mhaigh Eocounty of Ireland
Russian Мэ́йо
- Мэ́йо (Mɛ́jo)county of Ireland
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
mayo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mayo
“mayo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mayo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mayo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mayo.
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