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Definition of a-yo

a-yo

interjection

  • a greeting. Synonymous with "Hey!", "What's up?", etc.
    A-yo, Jessie what's going on?

    Last edited on Jun 27 2018. Submitted by Daisy from Lebanon, PA, USA on Mar 10 1997.

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Other terms relating to 'hello and other greetings':

Definitions include: a greeting, similar to "What's going on?"
Definitions include: greetings.
Definitions include: a greeting.
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Definitions include: a greeting.
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Definitions include: "what's up".
Definitions include: a prostitute.
Definitions include: Same thing as "what's up."
Definitions include: a greeting, synonymous with greetings such as "What's going on?"
Definitions include: a greeting; "what's going on?"
Definitions include: a greeting.
Definitions include: shortened form of "What's up".
Definitions include: what's up, what's going on, not actually a question. more like a statement.
Definitions include: used to get someone's attention.

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Definitions include: I'll catch you later, or I'll catch you at ease.
Definitions include: an extreme insult.
Definitions include: "Who asked you?"
Definitions include: To wear extremely tight pants in such a way that the shape of the lower abdominal area is displayed
Definitions include: a female wearing really tight bottoms, a bathing suit outlining the lips of the vagina.
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Definitions include: "What's up?"
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Definitions include: true, yes.
Definitions include: used to get someone's attention.
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