▪ I. hippo
(ˈhɪpəʊ)
Colloq. abbrev. hippopotamus.
| 1872 Baker Nile Tribut. ii. 30 The hippo had been hauled to shore by ropes. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.E. Africa 65 Our guide now wished me to remain here that I might look for the hippos. |
b. attrib. and Comb.
| 1884 Gordon Khartoum Jrnls. 25 Sept. (1885) 98 Cassim gave him a wipe over the head with his Hippo whip. 1897 Hinde Congo Arabs 40 My first experience of hippo-shooting. |
▪ II. hippo
obs. f. hypo, abbrev. of hypochondria.