limo

[ lim-oh ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural lim·os.

1. a limousine.

limo

/ ˈlɪməʊ /

noun

1. informal.
   short for limousine

Word History and Origins

Origin of limo¹

1965–70 Americanism; by shortening; -o

Example Sentences

Editors flew down from the New York headquarters in a private plane, and Beckwith escorted them in a limo to a dinner meeting with Burger.

From Time

Charlotte, Lisa, and their kids roll up to one such outing in a stretch limo.

From Time

The sign out front is easily blocked when a stretch limo stops by to drop off patrons.

From Washington Post

Houck said Springfield offered to sign autographs in the parking lot through the window of his limousine but the limo driver refused, fearful his vehicle wouldn’t survive.

From Washington Post

A Bassett parent had leaned on a friend to donate a limo ride.

From Washington Post

Hogue added: “And then he got into his limo with her and they drove off.”

From The Daily Beast

A classic ODB moment was that MTV special where he took a limo to cash in food stamps.

From The Daily Beast

A limo picked me up from my apartment in L.A. and I got put on a plane.

From The Daily Beast

Shakur departed Clinton Correctional Facility in a stretch white limo.

From The Daily Beast

In the back of a limo, wearing a plaid blazer, Quast raises his drink and says with a wink, “you stay classy, Iowa.”

From The Daily Beast

Now their chauffeured air-suspension limo was tooling them up through the thickening crowds to the hill-cradled amphitheater.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, Cam, Ev, and Curt escaped to the waiting limo and started the long slow crawl downhill.

From Project Gutenberg

The plant was also known under the names of Omnium tenerrima et minima and Aquarium limo innascens.

From Project Gutenberg

Quo tandem ex hoc profundo limo, in quo non est substantia, eripi queam.

From Project Gutenberg

Limo was delighted; she would have gone away with them in their great boat if I had allowed her.

From Project Gutenberg