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ban·jo

(băn′jō)

n. pl. ban·jos or ban·joes

A usually fretted stringed instrument having a narrow neck and a hollow circular body with a covering of plastic or stretched skin on which the bridge rests. The modern American banjo typically has four strings and often a short fifth string plucked with the thumb.

[Earlier banshaw, banjore, banjo, probably of African origin and akin to Kimbundu and Tshiluba mbanza, a plucked stringed instrument (probably also influenced by bandore).]

ban′jo·ist n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

banjo

(ˈbændʒəʊ)

n, pl -jos or -joes

1. (Instruments) a stringed musical instrument with a long neck (usually fretted) and a circular drumlike body overlaid with parchment, plucked with the fingers or a plectrum

2. slang any banjo-shaped object, esp a frying pan

3. (Tools) slang Austral and NZ a long-handled shovel with a wide blade

4. (modifier) banjo-shaped: a banjo clock.

[C18: variant (US Southern pronunciation) of bandore]

ˈbanjoist n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ban•jo

(ˈbæn dʒoʊ)

n., pl. -jos, -joes.

a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers.

[1730–40]

ban′jo•ist, n.

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Noun

banjo - a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body

fingerboard - a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

Translations

آلة البانْـجو الـموسِيقِيَّةبانجو

bendžo

banjo

banjo

bendžo

bendzsó

banjó

banjo

バンジョー

밴조

bandža

bandžo

banjo

bandżobanjo

banjo

банджо

bendžo

banjo

แบนโจ เครื่องดนตรี

bancobançobanjo

đàn banjô

班卓琴五弦琴

banjo

[ˈbændʒəʊ] N (banjoes (banjos (pl))) → banjo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

banjo

[ˈbændʒəʊ] [banjoes or banjos] (pl) n (= musical instrument) → banjo m
to play the banjo → jouer du banjo

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

banjo

n pl <-es or (US) -s> → Banjo nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

banjo

[ˈbændʒəʊ] n → banjo m inv

banjo

(ˈbӕndʒou) – plural ˈbanjo(e)s – noun

a stringed musical instrument similar to the guitar. He plays the banjo; Play me a tune on the banjo.

banjo

→ آلة البانْـجو الـموسِيقِيَّة bendžo banjo Banjo μπάντζο banjo banjo banjo bendžo banjo バンジョー 밴조 banjo banjo bandżo banjo банджо banjo แบนโจ เครื่องดนตรี banço đàn banjô 班卓琴

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"I never knew you played the banjo!" cried Harris and I, in one breath.

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You couldn't do anything on a banjo?" he added doubtfully; "Kearney's got one."

"I imagine it would be very difficult to carry a piano over those mountains," said Christie laughingly, to avoid the collateral of the banjo.

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The "Shikarris" are a high-caste regiment, and you must be able to do things well-- play a banjo or ride more than a little, or sing, or act--to get on with them.

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After this latter proceeding, however, if you do not bring out a banjo and commence to sing, the youthful inhabitants of the neighborhood, who have gathered round in expectation, become disappointed.

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He heard in one room a tittering and incontinent, slack laughter; in others the monologue of a scold, the rattling of dice, a lullaby, and one crying dully; above him a banjo tinkled with spirit.

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You could tell it was classical, because the banjo players were leaning back and chewing gum; and in New York restaurants only death or a classical speciality can stop banjoists.

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Grubb remained regarding his darkened and disheartening shop; he thought of his former landlord and his present landlord, and of the general disgustingness of business in an age which re-echoes to The Bitter Cry of the Middle Class; and then it seemed to him that afar off he heard the twankle, twankle of a banjo, and the voice of a stranded siren singing.

All round the coasts of Europe that morning banjos were ringing, voices were bawling and singing, children were playing in the sun, pleasure-boats went to and fro; the common abundant life of the time, unsuspicious of all dangers that gathered darkly against it, flowed on its cheerful aimless way.

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And then at night, when this throng poured out into the streets to play--fighting, gambling, drinking and carousing, cursing and screaming, laughing and singing, playing banjoes and dancing!

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I used to think he was playing the banjo a bit too much."

Parkinson's forces Connolly to give up his banjo

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