ko

K5O1
/ˈkəʊ/

noun

A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.

“Black wins the ko easily.”

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

ko1

nounko (plural ko)
  1. goA local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.

    Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.

  2. goko fight

    Black wins the ko easily.

  3. goa stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone

    Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.

Ko2

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).

    Synonyms: Fungor

Ko3

proper nounKo (plural Kos)

plural Kos

  1. A surname.
    1. A surname from Mandarin.
    2. A surname from Cantonese.
    3. A surname from Korean.

KO4

nounKO (plural KOs or KO's)

plural KOs · plural KO's

  1. abbreviationboxingAbbreviation of knock out.
  2. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of kick-off (“the time or manner of start of play”).
verbKO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd or KO'ed)

present singular third person KOs · present singular third person KO's · participle present KOing · participle present KO'ing · participle past KOed · past KOed · participle past KO'd · past KO'd · participle past KO'ed · past KO'ed

  1. transitiveboxingTo knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.

    Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.

  2. intransitivehobbiesTo start play.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna blow that renders the opponent unconscious

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

ko · noun

  1. Japanese劫
  2. Englishko

Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).

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Ko · proper noun

  1. Korean고(高)
  2. EnglishKo

From Mandarin 柯 (Kʻo¹), 葛 (Ko²), Cantonese 高 (gou1), Korean 고(高) (Go), etc.

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KO · noun, verb

Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 劫
  • 劫 (jié)Translations
Finnish tyrmätä
  • tyrmätäto knock somebody out
Hungarian kiüt, KO-zik
  • kiütto knock somebody out
  • KO-zikto knock somebody out
Japanese コウ, 劫
  • コウ (kō)Translations
  • 劫 (kō)Translations
Korean 패
  • 패 (pae)Translations
Portuguese nocautear
  • nocautearto knock somebody out

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

ko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ko

MLA

“ko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ko. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ko,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ko.

Source: ko on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.