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kino

/ˈkiːnəʊ/

kino noun: a botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.

Noun (1)

kino (countable and uncountable, plural kinos)

  1. A botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.

Noun (2)

kino (usually uncountable, plural kinos)

  1. (Internet, usually, 4chan slang) Especially good or sophisticated cinema.
    • Man, I hate Marvel movies, but Scorsese, now that's some real kino.

Adjective

kino (comparative more kino, superlative most kino)

  1. (Internet, 4chan slang) Grand, cinematic, especially in regards to cinema or other cultural media.
    • This game is absolutely kino.

Noun (3)

kino (uncountable)

  1. Physical contact with another person, touch.
    • I noticed, however, that the more interested the 11 became, the more kino the 10 gave me.2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 154
    • It is the specific pacing of escalating kino that is important, not the physical touches.2007 February 6, Erik von Markovik, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 138

Forms of kino

Noun
pluralkinos
Adjective
comparativemore kino
superlativemost kino

Origin of kino

18th century. Perhaps borrowed from Mandingo cano, or from a language of the East Indies.

From Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”), via Kino-Eye and Dziga Vertov's identification of his film Man with a Movie Camera as "ABSOLUTE KINOGRAPHY".

Coined by Ross Jeffries, from kinesthesia.

Words formed from kino

Words that rhyme with kino

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Questions about kino

What does kino mean?
Kino means a botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.
What part of speech is kino?
Kino can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce kino?
Kino is pronounced /ˈkiːnəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of kino?
The plural of kino is kinos.

Words near kino in the dictionary

  1. kinnors
  2. kinnot
  3. kinnoth
  4. kinnow
  5. kinnows
  6. kino
  7. kino red
  8. kinocentrum
  9. kinocidin
  10. kinocidins
  11. kinocilia

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