kudo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 4
/ˈkuː.dəʊ/
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/ˈkuː.dəʊ/ · /ˈkjuː.dəʊ/ · /ˈkuː.doʊ/ · /ˈkjuː.doʊ/
Definition of kudo
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes)A compliment or praise.
“Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.”
“At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.”
“We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.”
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noun
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(nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes)A compliment or praise.
“Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.”
“At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.”
“We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.”
verb
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(nonstandard, proscribed, transitive)To give a compliment or praise to.
“The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors."”
“This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations.”
name
- A surname from Japanese.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.
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