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Meaning of "you-know-who" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF YOU-KNOW-WHO

you-know-who  [ˈjuːˌnəʊˌhuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YOU-KNOW-WHO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
You-Know-Who is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YOU-KNOW-WHO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of you-know-who in the English dictionary

The definition of you-know-who in the dictionary is a person whose name you do not want to say but who is known to the person to whom you are speaking.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOU-KNOW-WHO


bahu
bɑːˈhuː
ballyhoo
ˌbælɪˈhuː
boohoo
ˌbuːˈhuː
forhoo
fəˈhuː
hoo
huː
huhu
ˈhuːhuː
Netanyahu
nɛtənˈjɑːhuː
Oahu
əʊˈɑːhuː
orihou
ˈoːriːˌhuː
Penghu
ˈpɛŋˈhuː
wahoo
wɑːˈhuː
who
huː
woohoo
wʊˈhuː
Wuhu
ˈwuːˈhuː
yahoo
jəˈhuː
yoo-hoo
ˈjuːˌhuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YOU-KNOW-WHO

you can´t talk
you can´t win
you have the advantage of me
you know
you know what
you name it
you never know
you scratch my back and I´ll scratch yours
you see
you wouldn´t read about it
you-all
you´d
you´ll
you´re
you´re telling me
you´ve
you´ve got another think coming
youk
young
young blood

WORDS THAT END LIKE YOU-KNOW-WHO

ancho
boho
echo
ho
ho-ho
Idaho
Jericho
Lesotho
macho
Minho
mucho
nacho
nympho
pho
poncho
psycho
rancho
soho
toho
who´s who

Synonyms and antonyms of you-know-who in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «you-know-who» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YOU-KNOW-WHO

Find out the translation of you-know-who to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of you-know-who from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «you-know-who» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

你知道是谁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ya-sabes - quien
570 millions of speakers

English

you-know-who
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तुम्हें पता है , जो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عند معرفة الذين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сами-знаете- кто
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

você -sabe-quem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুমি জানো কে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

qui-vous-savez
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

awak tahu siapa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sie-wissen -schon-wer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あなたは、ノウハウ誰
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당신은 - 알고 - 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampeyan ngerti-sapa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bạn -biết - người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீங்கள்-தெரியும்- யார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आपण-माहित आहात कोण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kim olduğunu biliyorsun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tu-sai- chi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiesz- kto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самі - знаєте - хто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tu - tu-cine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

you- know -who
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jy-weet - wat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

du-vet - vem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

you- know -who
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of you-know-who

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YOU-KNOW-WHO»

The term «you-know-who» is very widely used and occupies the 651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YOU-KNOW-WHO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «you-know-who» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «you-know-who» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about you-know-who

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YOU-KNOW-WHO»

Discover the use of you-know-who in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to you-know-who and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Do You Know Who I Am?: And Other Brave Questions Women Ask
In her book Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas asks God if He knows her—and ultimately does He love her—as she is, right now, today.
Angela Thomas, 2010
2
You Know Who's Awesome?: (Not You.)
A humorous guide identifies "un-awesome" people and behaviors, including the namers of states, men who do yoga, drivers who back into parking spots, and authors who start books with random quotes.
Ted Fox, 2012
3
You Know Who
Readers can see themselves in these poems about children who do mischievious things
John Ciardi, 1991
4
If You Know Who You Are, You Will Know What to Do: Living
An in-depth look at what integrity is and how to apply it to daily life.
Ronald J. Greer, 2012
5
You Know Who You Are
A gorgeous novel of family life, You Know Who You Are is the story of the Vine family, Arthur, Alice, and their three children.
Ben Dolnick, 2011
6
Princess: You Know Who You Are
Welcome, Your Highness. If you’ve picked up this book, you know who you are. You have a taste for life’s finer things: champagne with breakfast, custom lingerie, and kitten heels—even in the snow.
Francesca Castagnoli, 2008
7
The You Know Who Girls: Freshman Year
The allegedly lesbian players of her high school basketball team ask long-legged Abbey Brooks to try out, Abbey wouldn't mind trying out, but she promised her best friend she would avoid basketball and the "you-know-who" girls on the team.
Annameekee Hesik, 2012
8
Birthright: Christian, Do You Know Who You Are?
Birthright achieves an excellent balance between the theological and the practical. The author's sincerity and candid writing style are guaranteed to buoy the spirits of readers. From the Trade Paperback edition.
David C. Needham, 2011
9
Piers Morgan - Don't You Know Who I Am?
' Sacked from his high-profile job as a national newspaper editor, Piers Morgan dived helplessly into the world of celebrity.
Piers Morgan, 2008
10
Don't You Know who I Used to Be?: From Manolos to Motherhood
Don't you know who I used to be?
Julia Morris, 2011

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YOU-KNOW-WHO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term you-know-who is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Midsummer Report On The GOP Field (Without You-Know-Who)
Oh, hello, everyone. My, my -- it seems like only last week that we were all debating whether some candidates belong in the Entertainment section. And then it ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Deflation and You-know-who
Eduardo Porter has an excellent piece on a forgotten chapter in German history — the big debt forgiveness of 1953. If Greece had received that sort of debt relief ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
You-know-who is really, really, really dead on 'Game of Thrones'
Spoiler alert: Immediately leave this Web page now if you have not seen the Season Five finale of “Game of Thrones.” Wow. Wowsers. Whoa. That was quite an ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Gene Frenette: NBA Finals a big moment for you-know-who
When an NBA Finals comes along as compelling as this one, you have to embrace the matchup because the world's two most riveting players seldom square off ... «Florida Times-Union, Jun 15»
5
Very private e-mails from you-know-who
As you know, as the Hillary Rodham Clinton e-mail thing began unraveling, she asked her lawyer to go through her approximately 60,000 missives and identify ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 15»
6
Hello Kitty Con 2014 in Los Angeles marks 40 years of you-know-who
Hello Kitty is having a milestone birthday. The Japanese cartoon-turned-icon turns 40 this year with her very first fan fest. Toy maker Sanrio will hold Hello Kitty ... «Los Angeles Times, Aug 14»
7
CenturyLink makes a bold cloud move against you-know-who
CenturyLink is taking on Amazon Web Services on (gasp) price with enterprise-friendly service level agreements and other perks layered atop core compute, ... «GigaOM, May 14»

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