Yo

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /jəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• US IPA: /joÊŠ/
• Homophones: yo

From Middle English yo, io, ȝo, yeo, yaw, variant forms of Middle English ya, ye ("yes, yea"), from Old English ġēa ("yes, yea"). Compare Danish, Swedish, Norwegian jo ("yes"). More at yea.

Full definition of yo

Interjection

1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.Yo Paulie! How's it going?
2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.Yo, check this out!
3. (military slang) Present! Here!Sergeant: Smith? Private Smith: Yo!

From you're, your, etc.

Contraction

contraction

1. (African American Vernacular English) contraction of you and areYo a fool.

Pronoun

pronoun

1. (colloquial) Form of shortened formYo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
2. (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiarYo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)

Synonyms

• (greeting) hey, hi; see also
• (interjection) hey

Noun

1. abbreviation of year/years old

Anagrams

• oy