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• His lighthearted banjo performance was appreciated because it relieved the tension in tight situations.From the entry lighthearted
• Cousin Floyd couldn't play his banjo quite right, onaccounta the fact he's got blisters on his fingers.From the entry onaccounta
• He picked a tune on his banjo.From the entry pick
• Anyway, Eric kept humming some dueling banjos song and talking about people who marry their first cousins.2014, Pamela Fagan Hutchins, Hot Flashes and Half Ironmans, →ISBN. From the entry dueling banjos
• My Dad, God bless him, rarely cooked anything, but if he ever did he would make himself an egg banjo!2020 May 29, Bocca della Verita (@BocaVerite), Twitter. From the entry dip
• Next bearded banjo player Winston Marshall, his blue flannel shirt hanging loose, and pianist Ben Lovett, wrapped in a woollen coat.2012 November 15, Tom Lamont, “How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world”, in The Daily Telegraph. From the entry flannel
• Their tools were computers and when three or four engineers surrounded a car and plugged in, the scene wasn't dueling banjos.1998, James Schefter, All Corvettes Are Red, →ISBN, page 311. From the entry dueling banjos
• A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet—these were the instruments.1906, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Californian’s Tale”, in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories, New York…. From the entry breakdown
• The work is scored for an unusual lineup of 15 instruments, including two violas, bass flute, two basset horns, contrabass clarinet, the cimbalon and banjo.2007 July 25, Vivien Schweitzer, “A Minimalist Pied Piper (Imagine, Please, Those Rats)”, in New York Times. From the entry cimbalon
• "We present to you, the jug band!" We pulled out straw hats, banjos, jugs, horrible buck-toothed dentures, and commenced to pickin' and grinnin'.2004, Adam Copeland, Adam Copeland on Edge, →ISBN. From the entry jug band
• His banjos have excellent crisp tone.1995 December 4, Jm721, “Re: Stelling-Mandolin ?”, in rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic (Usenet). From the entry mando
• The instruments in the Kweskin band, which are typical, include guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, jug, washtub bass, washboard, kazoo, and penny whistle.1968, "Jug Band: Washboard Virtuosos," Evening Independent (Florida, USA), 14 March, p. 5D (retrieved 23 Aug. 2010). From the entry jug band
• This seems to be due to the fact that, in spite of the inevitable plinky-plonky banjo, it has the best rhythm section.1936 March, Edgar Jackson, “Swing Music Reviewed: More Light on the History and Origin of Jazz in New Brunswick Albums of ‘Classic…. From the entry plinky-plonky
• The grown-ups were lolling around on the porch and in the yard, finger snapping and foot tapping while Samuel played "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on his five-string banjo.2011, Jenny Wingfield, chapter 12, in The Homecoming of Samuel Lake […], trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published…. From the entry breakdown

Meaning of banjo

1. 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.
2. noun Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
3. noun An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.

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How do you use banjo in a sentence?

Banjo is used as a noun and verb. For example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.”

What is a short sentence with banjo?

“His banjos have excellent crisp tone.”

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.