domino
/ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/US/ˈdɑməˌnoʊ/
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domino noun: a tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
Noun
domino (plural dominos or dominoes)
- A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- Dominoes of indiscretions down
Falling all around, in cycles, in circles
Constantly consuming
Conquer and devour2000, “The Hollow”, in Mer de Noms (hard rock, alternative metal), performed by A Perfect Circle - If a domino had four squares on its surface, it would be a tetromino. With five squares, it would be a pentomino—nine, a nonomino, eleven, an unwieldy undecomino!2011 October 15, Maki Kaji, The Big Book of Visual Sudoku, Workman Publishing Company, page 118
- Dominoes of indiscretions down
- A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
- all the women were desirous of having the bundle immediately opened; which operation was at length performed by little Betsy, with the consent of Mr Jones: and the contents were found to be a domino, a mask, and a masquerade ticket.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 485
- The chair being announced, she fastened on her mask, and drew her domino round her, it not being her intention to display her splendid and fantastic costume till supper, when all the guests were expected to unmask.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Masked Ball”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 175
- Synonyms:
- domino costume
- The mask itself.
- The door behind the drums burst open and two huge negroes, naked except for gold loincloths, ran out on to the floor carrying between them, her arms round their necks, a tiny figure, swathed completely in black ostrich feathers, a black domino across her eyes.1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 57
- He wore a domino, but beneath it could be seen his whiskers, cut after the English fashion, and long and pendent.1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009
- Synonyms:
- domino mask, half mask, eyemask
- The person wearing the costume.
- A polyomino made up of two squares.
- Synonyms:
- 2-omino
- A mistake in performing.
- Any player is liable to make a 'domino' — that is to say, he goes wool-gathering and continues to play when everyone else has stopped. If he does so at a grown-up concert the fault is irredeemable […]1932, The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular, page 263
- A person's teeth.
- […] break your dominoes by grinding them that way.1892, Eugène Sue, The Mysteries of Paris, page 182
- Look here, you chaps, don't you chew it too quick, or you'll break your dominoes on the nails!1965, Henri Barbusse (tr. W. Fitzwater Wray), Under Fire (page 20)
Verb
domino (third-person singular simple present dominoes, present participle dominoing, simple past and past participle dominoed)
- To collapse in the manner of dominoes.
- A dismasting often means the dominoing of one mast into the other, down through the decks, cannoning the cargo through the hull below, and sinking the ship very quickly.2010, Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey, →ISBN, page 107
- To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.
domino meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
domino in Hindi
- डोमिनो, डोमीनो
domino in Tamil
- டோமினோ, டொமினோ
domino in Marathi
- डोमीनो, डोमिनो, डोमिनॉ
domino in Urdu
- ڈومینو, ڈومنو, ڈومینो
More languagesFewer languages
- domino in Bengali
- ডোমিনো, ডমিনো
- domino in Telugu
- డొమినో, డొమినొ
- domino in Malayalam
- ഡൊമിനോ, ഡോമിനോ
- domino in Kannada
- ಡೊಮಿನೊ, ಡೊಮಿನೋ
- domino in Punjabi
- ਡੋਮੀਨੋ, ਡੋਮਿਨੋ
- domino in Gujarati
- ડોમિનો, ડોમીનો
- domino in Odia
- ଡୋମିନୋ
- domino in Tagalog
- domino
- domino in Indonesian
- domino
- domino in Thai
- โดมิโน doo-mí-nôo
Examples of domino in a sentence
- There's nothing I like more than fiddling away Saturday night playing dominoes with myself.
- We consider the problem of counting and classifying domino tilings of a quadriculated torus.
- That is, systemic risk is the risk of a chain reaction of falling interconnected dominos.
Synonyms of domino
Forms of domino
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dominos |
| plural | dominoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dominoes |
| present participle | dominoing |
| past participle | dominoed |
| past | dominoed |
Origin of domino
1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.
Words formed from domino
Phrases with domino
Words that rhyme with domino
Questions about domino
- What does domino mean?
- Domino means a tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- What is domino in Hindi?
- Domino in Hindi is डोमिनो, डोमीनो. See Domino meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is domino?
- Domino can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce domino?
- Domino is pronounced /ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of domino?
- The plural of domino is dominos.
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