Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obbo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: ob-bo
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

police observation

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

verb

To keep under police observation.

Example Sentences

"Thing is, victim was under obbo. He'd done time. He was a nark."
"If we'd known about that two or three weeks ago, had him under obbo – assuming we could afford that – we could be looking at a serious result by now."
"That block popping, them bodies dropping like it’s nothing, them pigs watching […] My nitties always clucking for my food, cause they love it Got a bitch, yeah she swallows, my whole strip, that’s an obbo Them jakes, yeah they follow I got light, I got choco"
"I step out, the CCTV clocks me / Under obbo like man shots keys"
"Feds on the set, trynna obbo my gang Paigons chattin', it ain't harmin' us"

Etymology

Shortened from observation + -o.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: o

Usage

Inflected Forms

obbos (plural) obbos (present, singular) obboing (participle, present) obboed (participle, past) obboed (past)

Synonyms

obs

Questions

What does obbo mean?: police observation
Where does obbo come from?: Shortened from observation + -o.

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