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tromboney

tromboney adjective: having a sound like that of a trombone.

Adjective

tromboney (comparative more tromboney, superlative most tromboney)

  1. Having a sound like that of a trombone.
    • His big voice, his good humor, were back. Out rolled one of his long deep tromboney laughs.2011, Gail Sheehy, Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos Into Confidence, page 59

Forms of tromboney

comparativemore tromboney
superlativemost tromboney

Origin of tromboney

From trombone + -y.

Questions about tromboney

What does tromboney mean?
Tromboney means having a sound like that of a trombone.
What part of speech is tromboney?
Tromboney is an adjective.

Words near tromboney in the dictionary

  1. trombone-players
  2. tromboned
  3. tromboner
  4. tromboners
  5. trombones
  6. tromboney
  7. tromboni
  8. tromboning
  9. trombonist
  10. trombonists
  11. trombony

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