ammo

[am-oh] Origin

am·mo

[am-oh]
noun Informal.

Origin:
amm(unition) + -o
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Ammo is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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ammo (ˈæməʊ)
 
n
informal short for ammunition

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Word Origin & History

ammo
1917; see ammunition.
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ammo definition

[ˈæmo]
  1. n.
    ammunition. : There they were, trapped in a foxhole with no ammo, enemy all over the place. What do you think happened?
  2. n.
    information or evidence that can be used to support an argument or a charge. : I want to get some ammo on the mayor. I think he's a crook.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
ammo
ammunition
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