hippo

noun

1. Clipping of hippopotamus.

   “There was an old hippo that had the bad habit of getting out on the bank and roaming at night over the station grounds.”

   “"I've seen them buryin' a chief up the Aruwimi River, and they ate a hippo that must have weighed as much as a tribe."”

2. An armored personnel carrier used by the South African Defence Force.
3. An overweight or obese person.
4. Hippopotamus Defence.