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bongos

bongos is the plural of bongo.

bongos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bongo.

Meaning of bongo

Noun (1)

bongo (plural bongos)

  1. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

Noun (2)

bongo (plural bongos or bongoes)

  1. Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
    • He's banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee.1984, Dire Straits (band), Money for Nothing (song)
    Synonyms:
    bongo drum

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Questions about bongos

What is bongos the plural of?
Bongos is the plural of bongo.

Words near bongos in the dictionary

  1. bongoed
  2. bongoes
  3. bongoing
  4. bongoist
  5. bongoists
  6. bongos
  7. bongrace
  8. bongraces
  9. bongs
  10. Bongsod
  11. bongwater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bongos (page history and authors); bongo (page history and authors). 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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