banjo

Meaning

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. A cul-de-sac with a round end.
5. A miner's round-nosed shovel.

Verb

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

Synonyms

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/

Etymology

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