kudo

Etymology

Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

kudo (plural kudos)

1. (nonstandard, proscribed) A compliment or praise.
   • 1929 February 18, "Harkness Lampooned", in Time,

     Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.

   • 2001, Terry T. Lankford et al., Controlling Pilot Error: Controlled Flight Into Terrain‎, →ISBN, page 49:

     At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.

   • 2004, Suzanne Paola, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction‎, →ISBN, page 162:

     We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkudoˣ/
• Hyphenation: ku‧do

Verb

kudo

1. Indicative present connegative form of kutoa.
2. Second person singular imperative present form of kutoa.
3. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of kutoa.

Anagrams

• doku

Noun

kudo (plural kudi)

1. (anatomy) elbow

Romanization

kudo

1. Rōmaji transcription of くど

Etymology

Related to Finnish kutu.

Noun

kudo

1. spawn (of fish, amphibians)

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “икра”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika