Meanings
ko1
- goA local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.
- goa stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.
Ko2
Ko3
plural Kos
KO4
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
- intransitivehobbiesTo start play.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).
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Origin
ko · noun
- Japanese劫
- Englishko
Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).
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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
Rhymes with ko
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Cite this entry
ko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ko
“ko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ko. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ko,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ko.
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