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drongo

drongo noun: any bird of the genus Dicrurus.

drongo: any bird of the genus Dicrurus
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Noun (1)

drongo (plural drongos or drongoes)

  1. Any bird of the genus Dicrurus.

Noun (2)

drongo (plural drongos)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
    • In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The drongo agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the drongo, ‘there′s barely...2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 191
    • One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.2010, John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business, unnumbered page

drongo meaning in Tamil

drongo in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Examples of drongo in a sentence

  • In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill.2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 191:
  • I'd rather sit in this daggy bathtub than get a hug from you, you drongo..2020, "Moments of Silence", in Taskmaster, series 10, episode 8, Channel 4, script for Sam in The Smart Steak

Synonyms of drongo

All synonyms of drongo

Forms of drongo

pluraldrongos
pluraldrongoes

Origin of drongo

From Malagasy drongo.

From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo. * Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo (a recruit), similarly after the bird. * Another suggested derivation is the Scottish Gaelic drongair (“drunkard”).

Words formed from drongo

Phrases with drongo

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Questions about drongo

What does drongo mean?
Drongo means any bird of the genus Dicrurus.
What is drongo in Tamil?
Drongo in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Drongo meaning in Tamil.
How do you use drongo in a sentence?
In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill.
What part of speech is drongo?
Drongo is a noun.
What is the plural of drongo?
The plural of drongo is drongos.

Words near drongo in the dictionary

  1. droney
  2. Dronfield
  3. Dronfields
  4. drong
  5. Drongan
  6. drongo
  7. drongo cuckoo
  8. drongo cuckoos
  9. drongo shrike
  10. drongo shrikes
  11. drongo-cuckoo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drongo (page history and authors); drongo (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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