banjo
(noun) a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)
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.
Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)
To play a banjo.
(transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down.
(transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target).
Source: Wiktionary
Ban"jo, n. [Formerly also banjore and banjer; corrupted from bandore, through negro slave pronunciation.]
Definition: A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
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