Usually means: Large mammal with massive jaws.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word hippo:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hippo, hippo, hippo-: Merriam-Webster
  2. hippo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Hippo, hippo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hippo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Hippo, hippo: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hippo, hippo: Wordnik
  7. hippo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. HiPPO, hippo, hippo-: Wiktionary
  9. hippo, hippo-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hippo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hippo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hippo, hippo-: Dictionary.com
  13. hippo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Hippo (Amazon), Hippo (Greek woman), Hippo (comics), Hippo (company), Hippo (disambiguation), Hippo (philosopher), Hippo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Hippo: Rhymezone
  16. Hippo: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. hippo: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hippo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Hippo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. hippo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hippo-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hippo: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HIPPO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. hippo: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hippo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (historical, slang, South Africa) An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
noun:  (informal, derogatory) An overweight or obese person.
noun:  (informal, Chess) Hippopotamus Defence.
noun:  Clipping of hippopotamus. [A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius; common hippopotamus).]
noun:  (business) Initialism of highest-paid person's opinion.

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