Meanings
donno1
contraction
- alternativecontractionAlternative form of dunno.
Nope, he donno me. I was in Grammar when he was in High. He wouldn’t know me from a bag a beans.
1932, Grace Livingston Hill, chapter 6, in The Patch of Blue, Toronto, Ont.: The Copp Clark Company, Limited, published in the 20th century, →OCLC, page 1282 more examples
[T]here ain’t any use in making her mad at me by tellin’ her. Besides, I donno but what it would make her go out of her head, she’d be so mad.
1879 July, “Massy Sprague’s Daughter”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2022On the Motorola Droid, you might aim for "mmm, I donno about that restaurant" but get, "Mommy, I donno" instead.
2010 July 13, Farhad Manjoo, “Yes, Ill Matty You”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2021
Donno2
proper noun
- A surname.
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APA
donno. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donno
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “donno,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donno.
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