banjo
UK/ˈbæn.dʒəʊ//ˈbæn.d͡ʒoʊ/
banjo noun: 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.
Noun
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.
- I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.
- Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
- An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
- A cul-de-sac with a round end.
- They all came back here — we cleared the room and put up tables for the reception — and then we went to another house on the banjo for a "knees-up".1963, Peter Willmott, The Evolution of a Community, page 75
- Billy Tower lived in the far left house in the banjo that was Dagenham's version of cul de sacs. The trouble was you could be seen from the house and, in the time it took to walk along the Banjo, drugs could be flushed away.2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London
- A miner's round-nosed shovel.
- An egg sandwich fried on a flattop and served in a bun like a burger, ellipsis of egg banjo.
- The frenulum of the penis.
Verb
banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)
- To play a banjo.
- To beat, to knock down.
- Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, page 95
- Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game1998, "Fergie's world just gets Madar" (Sport), Sunday Mail, Jan 4, 1998
- To shell or attack (a target).
- Riding reported that on the day Mayne had asked for DZ coordinates, their base had been banjoed by the Germans.2008, Michael Asher, The Regiment: The Definitive Story of the SAS, page cxxx
banjo meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
banjo in Hindi
- a musical instrument
- बैंजो baiñjo
banjo in Marathi
- बांजो, बँजो, बॅन्जो
banjo in Urdu
- بلبل ترنگ
banjo in Bengali
- ব্যাঞ্জো, বাঞ্জো
More languagesFewer languages
- banjo in Telugu
- బాంజో, బంజో, బాంజోకు
- banjo in Malayalam
- ബാൻജോ, ബാൻജൊ, ബാൻജോയിലേക്ക്
- banjo in Kannada
- ಬಾಂಜೋ, ಬಾಂಜೊ
- banjo in Punjabi
- ਬੈਂਜੋ, ਬਾਂਜੋ, ਬੰਜੋ
- banjo in Gujarati
- બેન્જો
- banjo in Odia
- ବାଞ୍ଜୋ, ବ୍ଯ଼ଞ୍ଜୋ, ବ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍ଜୋ
- banjo in Nepali
- बाँजो
- banjo in Arabic
- بَانْجُو bānjū
- banjo in Malay
- banjo
- banjo in Persian
- بانجو bânjo
- banjo in Thai
- แบนโจ bɛɛn-joo
- banjo in Vietnamese
- đàn banjô
Examples of banjo in a sentence
- The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]2013, Martin Crookston, Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?:
- "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.2007 July 31, “Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero”, in Times Online:
Forms of banjo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | banjos |
| plural | banjoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | banjos |
| present participle | banjoing |
| past participle | banjoed |
| past | banjoed |
Origin of banjo
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.
Words formed from banjo
- banjitar
- banjo bolt
- banjo catfish
- banjo clock
- banjo curette
- banjo dulcimer
- banjo enclosure
- Banjo Eyes
- banjo-eyes
- banjo-eyed
- banjo fitting
- banjo frog
- banjo hit
- banjo hitter
- banjoist
- banjolike
- banjo-mandolin
- banjo mandolin
- banjolin
- mandolin-banjo
- banjo string
- banjo timepiece
- banjouke
- banjo ukelele
- banjo ukulele
- banjolele
- banjo uke
- banjo union
- dulcijo
- eastern banjo frog
- egg banjo
- four-string banjo
- giant banjo frog
- guitjo
- Irish banjo
- not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
- play the cat and banjo with
- southern banjo frog
- tenor banjo
Phrases with banjo
Questions about banjo
- What does banjo mean?
- Banjo means 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.
- What is banjo in Hindi?
- Banjo in Hindi is बैंजो (baiñjo). See Banjo meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use banjo in a sentence?
- The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]
- What part of speech is banjo?
- Banjo can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce banjo?
- Banjo is pronounced /ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of banjo?
- The plural of banjo is banjos.
Words near banjo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: banjo (page history and authors); banjo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banjo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banjo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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