UFO en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌjuˌɛfˈoʊ/ (US)
- /ˈjufoʊ̯/ (US)
- /ˈjuːfəʊ̯/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌjuːɛfˈəʊ/ (UK)
- /ˈʌfoʊ̯/ (US)
Etymology
Initialisms.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.
alt of unidentified flying object
To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence of God. Probably far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have been countless taped and filmed—and, by the way, unexplained—sightings from all over the world, along with documented radar evidence seen by experienced military and civilian radar operators.
2004, George Carlin, “THEY CAME FROM OUT OF THE SKY”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:By that time not only the Australian press and public but also the Federal Government was agog with speculation as fresh UFO reports flowed in.
1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 31:After the case had been reported in the newspapers, Mrs. Gracindo de Souza, wife of a member of the local stock exchange, told police that she and her daughter had been driving down Alameda Sao Boaventura when they had seen an^([sic]) UFO hovering over the clearing where the bodies were later discovered.
1967, Brad Steiger, Joan Whritenour, “Someone Up There May Not Like Us”, in Flying Saucers Are Hostile, Tandem Publishing, published 1975, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13:
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(colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft.
UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished.
2007, Kerry Wills, The Close-knit Circle: American Knitters Today, page 107:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of ultrared flattened object.
alt of ultrared flattened object
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| UFOs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
ufologist (unidentified flying object) · ufology (unidentified flying object) · jellyfish UFO (unidentified flying object) · UFO religion (unidentified flying object) · UFObow (unidentified flying object) · UFO peach (unidentified flying object) · UFO nest (unidentified flying object) · ufonaut (unidentified flying object) · ufocal (unidentified flying object) · UFOer (unidentified flying object)
Descendants
OVNI · Ufo · ufo · UFO · ufo · iuepoh · UFO · ovni · ufo · ovni · ufo · ufo · UFO · UFO · UFO · UFO · UFO · ufo · UFO · ovni · ούφο
Relateds
flying saucer (unidentified flying object) · UAP (unidentified flying object) · IFO (unidentified flying object)
Synonyms
Translations (73)
fi UFO (an unidentified flying object) · lv NLO (an unidentified flying object) · eo nifo (an unidentified flying object) · nb ufo (an unidentified flying object) · cmn 飛碟 /飞碟 (an unidentified flying object) · ko 미확인비행물체 (an unidentified flying object) · tr UFO (an unidentified flying object) · eu OHE (an unidentified flying object) · cmn 不明飛行物 /不明飞行物 (an unidentified flying object) · sv ufo (an unidentified flying object) · ja 未確認飛行物体 (an unidentified flying object) · lt NSO (an unidentified flying object) · da ufo (an unidentified flying object) · hi उड़न तश्तरी (an unidentified flying object) · mk НЛО (an unidentified flying object) · de UFO (an unidentified flying object) · yue 飛碟 /飞碟 (an unidentified flying object) · sk UFO (an unidentified flying object) · bg НЛО (an unidentified flying object) · ka ამო (an unidentified flying object) · hu ufó (an unidentified flying object) · is FFH (an unidentified flying object) · ru НЛО (an unidentified flying object) · pt óvni (an unidentified flying object) · sq UFO (an unidentified flying object) · gl ovni (an unidentified flying object) · sl NLP (an unidentified flying object) · el ΑΤΙΑ (an unidentified flying object) · ja ＵＦＯ (yūfō) (an unidentified flying object) · uz NUJ (an unidentified flying object) · sh NLO (an unidentified flying object) · pl NOL (an unidentified flying object) · be НЛА (an unidentified flying object) · fr OVNI (an unidentified flying object) · tr uçan daire (an unidentified flying object) · ga úfó (an unidentified flying object) · he עב״ם (an unidentified flying object) · ta பறக்கும்தட்டு (an unidentified flying object) · km វត្ថុហោះហើរមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណ (an unidentified flying object) · eo NIFO (an unidentified flying object) · pt ovni (an unidentified flying object) · tr ufo (an unidentified flying object) · pon iuepoh (an unidentified flying object) · vi UFO (an unidentified flying object) · it ufo m or OVNI (an unidentified flying object) · nn ufo (an unidentified flying object) · ar الطَّبَق الطَّائِر (an unidentified flying object) · hi उड़न खटोला (an unidentified flying object) · it UFO (an unidentified flying object) · ca ovni (an unidentified flying object) · vi vật thể bay không xác định (an unidentified flying object) · sq OFP (an unidentified flying object) · cs UFO (an unidentified flying object) · yue UFO (ju¹ e¹ fu⁴ ou¹, ju¹ e¹ fou¹) (an unidentified flying object) · nl ufo (an unidentified flying object) · et ufo (an unidentified flying object) · ro OZN (an unidentified flying object) · ko 유에프오 (an unidentified flying object) · fa یوفو (an unidentified flying object) · ar يُو أَف أَو (an unidentified flying object) · hy ՉԹՕ (an unidentified flying object) · az UNO (an unidentified flying object) · pt ufo (an unidentified flying object) · pl UFO (an unidentified flying object) · fi ufo (an unidentified flying object) · csb maniewid (an unidentified flying object) · sh НЛО (an unidentified flying object) · az NUO (an unidentified flying object) · kk БҰН (an unidentified flying object) · cmn 幽浮 (an unidentified flying object) · uk НЛО (an unidentified flying object) · az UFO (an unidentified flying object) · es ovni (an unidentified flying object)