koko

¹

[ koh-koh ]

noun

, plural ko·kos.

1. lebbek ( def 2 ).

Koko

²

[ koh-koh ]

noun

1. a female western lowland gorilla, born in 1971 at the San Francisco Zoo in California and trained to communicate with humans by means of a sign language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of koko¹

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of kokko, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Kilpatrick acted in a lot of L.A. community theater and eventually wrote the “Koko” web series.

From Los Angeles Times

“One by one, the interviewees — Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver — share candid stories of how they sustain themselves in a profession whose clients can quickly turn toward violence,” Teo Bugbee wrote in her review for The New York Times.

From New York Times

The danger they can face was made devastatingly evident when Koko Da Doll was fatally shot in April 2023, months before the documentary aired at Sundance.

From New York Times

In a statement on their website, easy life confirmed they would play two final shows under their current name at the 02 Academy in Leicester on Thursday and Koko in London on Friday.

From BBC

“Hiroshima’s atomic bomb changed Koko Kondo’s life, but so did meeting the man who dropped it,” ABC Australia, Aug. 6, 2020.

From Slate