turbo
UK/ˈtɜː.bəʊ//ˈtɝ.boʊ/
turbo noun: a turbine. Also the clipping of turbocharger.
Noun (1)
turbo (countable and uncountable, plural turbos)
- A turbine.
Noun (2)
turbo (plural turbos)
- Autofire.
- Controllers with turbo features are banned from most competitive tournaments.
Adjective
turbo (not comparable)
- With rapidly-increasing blind levels.
- This is a turbo tournament: the blinds increase every 5 minutes! Level 1 = 150/300; level 2 = 200/400; etc.
- Causing or relating to increased speed.
- a turbo button on a controller; a PC equipped with a turbo mode
- Very, super, etc.; usually relating to a qualitative value (as opposed to quantitative).
- They act turbo wasted when they have more than a few beers in them.
Verb
turbo (third-person singular simple present turbos, present participle turboing, simple past and past participle turboed)
- To autofire.
Noun (3)
turbo (plural turbos)
- A turban shell.
Also used as
turbo is also the clipping of turbocharger.
turbo is also the clipping of turbojet.
turbo is also the clipping of turbomolecular pump.
turbo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
turbo in Hindi
- टर्बो, टर्बों
turbo in Tamil
- டர்போ, டர்பொ, டர்போக்கு
turbo in Marathi
- टर्बो, टर्बोज, टर्बॉ
turbo in Urdu
- ٹربو
More languagesFewer languages
- turbo in Bengali
- টার্বো, টর্বো
- turbo in Telugu
- టర్బో, టర్బోస్, టర్బొ
- turbo in Malayalam
- ടർബോ, ടർബോസ്, ടർബ്ബോ
- turbo in Kannada
- ಟರ್ಬೋ, ಟರ್ಬೊ, ಟರ್ಬೋಕ್ಕೆ
- turbo in Punjabi
- ਟਰਬੋ
- turbo in Gujarati
- ટર્બો, ટર્બોક
- turbo in Odia
- ଟର୍ବୋ
- turbo in Nepali
- टर्बो, टर्बोज, टर्बोक
Forms of turbo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | turbos |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | turbos |
| present participle | turboing |
| past participle | turboed |
| past | turboed |
Origin of turbo
From turbine.
From turbocharged (“increased power”). Also figurative, from the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine.
From the New Latin name of the genus Turbo.
Words formed from turbo
Phrases with turbo
Questions about turbo
- What does turbo mean?
- Turbo means a turbine.
- What is turbo in Hindi?
- Turbo in Hindi is टर्बो, टर्बों. See Turbo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is turbo?
- Turbo can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce turbo?
- Turbo is pronounced /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of turbo?
- The plural of turbo is turbos.
Words near turbo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: turbo (page history and authors); turbo (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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