Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

ayo

interjection
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a greeting;
a call for attention
(orthography in the examples is due to transcription, so beware conflation with "hey, yo")
Categories Greetings
Collocates shout-out4, what's poppin'4, son3, word up3, yo3, what's crackin'3, bitch3, what's up3, roll2, jawn2, on lock2, wack2, correct2, on the low2, tryna2, fam2, thugged-out2, 62, and shit2, bust2, drop2, spit2, keep it real2, bust2, Chi-town2, god2, four pound, G, game, game, get over, gun-clapper, Henny, homeboy, homie, hooptie, hot, hydro, jook, kick, rolly, roll deep, dro, holla at ya boy, murk, rap, shorty, slammin, snaps, spark up, spark up, spit, time, trife, trife, twist, what it do, what up, Oaktown, whip, word up, parlay, peace, perico, rap, rapper, rhyme, shit, shorty, nick, dope, twisted, I'mma, rep, 215, peace, roll up, 8, broccoli, Brooklawn, chill, down with, flavor, maintain, mine, off the hook, root of evil, weight, what the deal, whip, Y.O., cuh, dog, in full effect, what the dilly, double R, sleep on, hater, tool, gat, tote, froze, crazy, cheese, steelo, realness, 9, Ac, aggy, B.I., baby mama, back in the day, backpack, battle, block, boo, boogie-down, bugged-out, bwoy, cipher, crack, crack pipe, dinero, don mega, Dutch, fatty, fiend, figures, fly, 40 dog, for real
Domains Everyday
Etymology from a colloquial pronunciation of hey, yo
Etymology Derives from yo
Synonyms what it do, what it is, what's crackin', what's poppin', what's up, what the dealio, what the dilly, what the lick read, yo
Rhymes Ne-Yo, hydro, on the low, G-O, go, rainbow
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