Definitions

o

[oh] / oʊ /

ADVERB

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret in strict confidence insidiously intimately obscurely on the Q.T.

NOUN

get-up-and-go

Synonyms

STRONG

activity animation application ardor birr dash drive endurance enterprise exertion fire force forcefulness fortitude go hardihood initiative intensity juice life liveliness might moxie muscle

Antonyms

STRONG

apathy dullness helplessness idleness impotence inability inactivity incompetence indifference indolence ineffectiveness inefficiency laziness lethargy powerlessness uselessness weakness

Example Sentences

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“Coffee badging”—going to the office just long enough to show your face and grab a cup o’ joe—was a popular workaround.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Amelie McCann said Julia Wandelt had told her she had memories of playing Ring a Ring o' Roses with her and feeding her brother Sean.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Any way you slice it, this week’s Slate News Quiz is a piece o’ fun.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

And a horse named Upset handed the immortal Man o’ War his only loss in 22 races, earning the country’s oldest racetrack its nickname: the Graveyard of Champions.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

At the Pound o’ Rest Trailer Heaven in Full Moon, plastic pink flamingos were seen floating off toward Pascagoula.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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