"crambo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: crambos [plural], cramboes [plural]
Rhymes: -æmbəʊ Etymology: * Perhaps related to cramp (“difficult”) (adjective). * Perhaps from Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cramp||difficult}} cramp (“difficult”), {{der|en|la|crambe repetita||cabbage served up again}} Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|cramboes}} crambo (countable and uncountable, plural crambos or cramboes)
  1. (uncountable) A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-crambo-en-noun-3gdrC6e8 Disambiguation of Games: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13
  2. (countable) A word rhyming with another word. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-crambo-en-noun-4vO-AMuI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crambo-clink, crambo-jingle, dumb crambo

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for crambo meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

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