"banjo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/ [UK], /ˈbæn.d͡ʒoʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-banjo.ogg Forms: banjos [plural], banjoes [plural]
enPR: băn'jō [UK] Etymology: From the pronunciation of African slaves, of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore, alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza. Etymology templates: {{der|en|mnk|banjul}} Mandinka banjul, {{der|en|kmb|mbanza}} Kimbundu mbanza Head templates: {{en-noun|s|banjoes}} banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)
  1. 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. Translations (a musical instrument): banjo (Afrikaans), بَانْجُو (bānjū) [masculine] (Arabic), բանջո (banǰo) (Armenian), banjo (Basque), ба́нджа (bándža) [neuter] (Belarusian), banjo [masculine] (Breton), ба́нджо (bándžo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), banjo [masculine] (Catalan), 班卓琴 (bānzhuōqín) (Chinese Mandarin), banjo [neuter] (Czech), bendžo [neuter] (Czech), banjo (Danish), banjo [masculine] (Dutch), banĝo (Esperanto), bändžo (Estonian), banjo [feminine] (Faroese), banjo (Finnish), banjo [masculine] (French), ბანჯო (banǯo) (Georgian), Banjo [neuter] (German), μπάντζο (bántzo) [neuter] (Greek), banjo (Greenlandic), בַּנג'וֹ (Hebrew), बैंजो (baiñjo) (Hindi), bendzsó (Hungarian), bainseo [masculine] (Irish), bangio [masculine] (Italian), banjo [masculine] (Italian), バンジョー (banjō) (Japanese), 밴조 (baenjo) (Korean), bandžo (Latvian), ꓞꓲꓺ ꓐꓶꓺ (tsʰɨ̱ bɯ̱) (Lisu), ꓛꓲꓺ ꓐꓶꓺ (tʃʰi̱ bɯ̱) (Lisu), bandža [feminine] (Lithuanian), бенџо (bendžo) [neuter] (Macedonian), banjo (Malay), pātura (Maori), pakakū (Maori), банжо (banžo) (Mongolian), banjo [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), banjo [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بانجو (bânjo) (Persian), banjo [neuter] (Polish), bandżo [neuter] (Polish), banjo [masculine] (Portuguese), ба́нджо (bándžo) [neuter] (Russian), бенџо [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), bendžo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), bendžo [neuter] (Slovak), bendžo [masculine] (Slovene), banjo [masculine] (Spanish), banyo [masculine] (Spanish), banjo (Swahili), zeze la kizungu (Swahili), banjo [common-gender] (Swedish), แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo) (Thai), banjo (Turkish), ба́нджо (bándžo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), đàn banjô (Vietnamese), bänyun (Volapük), banjô [masculine] (Welsh), banjo [common-gender] (West Frisian), באַנדזשאָ (bandzho) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-noun-xl1AqOH4 Disambiguation of 'a musical instrument': 65 29 2 0 4
  2. Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard. Categories (topical): String instruments
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  3. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-noun-C2biTwtn
  4. (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-noun-qFOHFs4H Categories (other): British English
  5. (mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-noun-k89OYF6R Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/ [UK], /ˈbæn.d͡ʒoʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-banjo.ogg Forms: banjos [present, singular, third-person], banjoing [participle, present], banjoed [participle, past], banjoed [past]
enPR: băn'jō [UK] Etymology: From the pronunciation of African slaves, of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore, alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza. Etymology templates: {{der|en|mnk|banjul}} Mandinka banjul, {{der|en|kmb|mbanza}} Kimbundu mbanza Head templates: {{en-verb}} banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)
  1. To play a banjo.
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-verb-XOHr6unV
  2. (transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down. Tags: British, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-verb-t9veiIXh Categories (other): British English
  3. (transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target). Tags: British, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-banjo-en-verb-CPWiUFgI Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjitar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo bolt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo catfish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo clock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo dulcimer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo enclosure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Banjo Eyes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo eyes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo-eyes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo-eyed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo fitting"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo hit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo hitter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjoist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjolike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo-mandolin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo mandolin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjolin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mandolin-banjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo string"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjouke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo ukelele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo ukulele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjolele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo uke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "banjo union"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dulcijo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eastern banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "egg banjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "four-string banjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "giant banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "guitjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Irish banjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "not hit a cow's arse with a banjo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "play the cat and banjo with"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "southern banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tenor banjo"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "banĝo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: banĝo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: banĝo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "bainseo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Irish: bainseo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: bainseo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "バンジョー",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: バンジョー",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: バンジョー"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "бенџо",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: бенџо (bendžo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: бенџо (bendžo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mn",
            "2": "банжо",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mongolian: банжо (banžo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mongolian: банжо (banžo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "банджо",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: банджо (bandžo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: банджо (bandžo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "แบนโจ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "banjô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: banjô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: banjô"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "באַנדזשאָ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: באַנדזשאָ (bandzho)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: באַנדזשאָ (bandzho)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mnk",
        "3": "banjul"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandinka banjul",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kmb",
        "3": "mbanza"
      },
      "expansion": "Kimbundu mbanza",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the pronunciation of African slaves, of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore, alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "banjos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "banjoes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "banjoes"
      },
      "expansion": "banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-banjo-en-noun-xl1AqOH4",
      "links": [
        [
          "chordophone",
          "chordophone"
        ],
        [
          "membrane",
          "membrane"
        ],
        [
          "soundboard",
          "soundboard"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bānjū",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بَانْجُو"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "banǰo",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "բանջո"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bándža",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ба́нджа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bándžo",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ба́нджо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bānzhuōqín",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "班卓琴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bendžo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "banĝo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "bändžo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "banǯo",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "ბანჯო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "bántzo",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μπάντζο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "banjo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 29 2 0 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "a musical instrument",
          "word": "בַּנג'וֹ"
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        "UK"
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        "UK"
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          "ref": "1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, page 95:",
          "text": "Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.",
          "type": "quote"
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        },
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          "ref": "2007 July 31, “Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero”, in Times Online:",
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        "(transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target)."
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    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Breton translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lisu translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with West Frisian translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
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    {
      "word": "banjitar"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo bolt"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo catfish"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo clock"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo dulcimer"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo enclosure"
    },
    {
      "word": "Banjo Eyes"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo eyes"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo-eyes"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo-eyed"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo fitting"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo hit"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo hitter"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjoist"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjolike"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo-mandolin"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo mandolin"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjolin"
    },
    {
      "word": "mandolin-banjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo string"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjouke"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo ukelele"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo ukulele"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjolele"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo uke"
    },
    {
      "word": "banjo union"
    },
    {
      "word": "dulcijo"
    },
    {
      "word": "eastern banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "word": "egg banjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "four-string banjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "giant banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "word": "guitjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Irish banjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "not hit a cow's arse with a banjo"
    },
    {
      "word": "play the cat and banjo with"
    },
    {
      "word": "southern banjo frog"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenor banjo"
    }
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          "args": {
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            "2": "banĝo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: banĝo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Esperanto: banĝo"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "bainseo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "バンジョー",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: バンジョー"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "бенџо",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: бенџо (bendžo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: бенџо (bendžo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mn",
            "2": "банжо",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mongolian: банжо (banžo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mongolian: банжо (banžo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "банджо",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: банджо (bandžo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: банджо (bandžo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "แบนโจ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "banjô",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: banjô",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: banjô"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "באַנדזשאָ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: באַנדזשאָ (bandzho)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: באַנדזשאָ (bandzho)"
    }
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        "(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel."
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        "slang"
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        {
          "ref": "1963, Peter Willmott, The Evolution of a Community, page 75:",
          "text": "They all came back here — we cleared the room and put up tables for the reception — and then we went to another house on the banjo for a \"knees-up\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London:",
          "text": "Billy Tower lived in the far left house in the banjo that was Dagenham's version of cul de sacs. The trouble was you could be seen from the house and, in the time it took to walk along the Banjo, drugs could be flushed away.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Martin Crookston, Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?:",
          "text": "The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A cul-de-sac with a round end."
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        [
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        "(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end."
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        "UK"
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        "en:Mining"
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        "A miner's round-nosed shovel."
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          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
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        "(mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel."
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        "business",
        "mining"
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    {
      "enpr": "băn'jō",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbæn.d͡ʒoʊ/",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bānjū",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَانْجُو"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "banǰo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "բանջո"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bándža",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ба́нджа"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bándžo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ба́нджо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bānzhuōqín",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "班卓琴"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bendžo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banĝo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "bändžo"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "banjo"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "banǯo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "ბანჯო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Banjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bántzo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "μπάντζο"
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      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "בַּנג'וֹ"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "baiñjo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "बैंजो"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "bendzsó"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "bainseo"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "bangio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "banjō",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "バンジョー"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "baenjo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "밴조"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "bandžo"
    },
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      "code": "lis",
      "lang": "Lisu",
      "roman": "tsʰɨ̱ bɯ̱",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "ꓞꓲꓺ ꓐꓶꓺ"
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      "roman": "tʃʰi̱ bɯ̱",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "banjo"
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      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "pātura"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "pakakū"
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      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "banžo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "банжо"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bânjo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "بانجو"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "banjo"
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      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "ба́нджо"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "бенџо"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "zeze la kizungu"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "banjo"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bɛɛn-joo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "แบนโจ"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "banjo"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bándžo",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "ба́нджо"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "đàn banjô"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "word": "bänyun"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "yi",
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      "sense": "a musical instrument",
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      "word": "באַנדזשאָ"
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