banjo

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
2. Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
3. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
4. (UK) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
5. A miner's round-nosed shovel.
6. (Malaysia) An egg sandwich fried on a flattop and served in a bun as would a burger, ellipsis of egg banjo.
7. (slang, vulgar) The frenulum of the penis.

Verb

1. To play a banjo.
2. (British, slang, transitive) To beat, to knock down.
3. (British, slang, transitive) To shell or attack (a target).

Concetti

banjo

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bangio

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sinonimi

bottle

box

📦

case

mandolin

shovel

tuna

watermelon

🍉

housing

Arctic bonito

atu

barriolet

club mackerel

Atlantic bonito

oceanic bonito

oceanic skipjack

lesser tunny

mushmouth

ocean bonito

victor fish

cartridge receiver

Traduzioni

Banjo

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banjo

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banjo

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banjo

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banjo

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μπάντζο

banjo

banyo

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banco

Banjo

banço

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From the pronunciation of African slaves, of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore (from Spanish bandurria), alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza.