"turbo" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɝ.boʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-turbo.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ Etymology: From turbocharged (“increased power”). From the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine. Etymology templates: {{l|en|turbocharged|gloss=increased power}} turbocharged (“increased power”), {{l|en|turbocharger}} turbocharger Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} turbo (not comparable)
  1. (said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels. Tags: not-comparable, said of a poker tournament Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-adj-lbdo81zR
  2. (computing, video games) Causing or relating to increased speed. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Video games
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-adj-iL1ygjlx Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
  3. (informal, nonstandard) Very, super, etc.; usually relating to a qualitative value (as opposed to quantitative). Tags: informal, nonstandard, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-adj-m9xBbMyT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɝ.boʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-turbo.ogg [US] Forms: turbos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ Etymology: From turbine. Etymology templates: {{m|en|turbine}} turbine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} turbo (countable and uncountable, plural turbos)
  1. (informal) a turbine Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-noun--yiNaB~T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 28 20
  2. Clipping of turbocharger. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: turbocharger
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-noun-fAZI0Y1c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 28 20
  3. Clipping of turbojet. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: turbojet
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-noun-lQzqcYj7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 28 20
  4. Clipping of turbomolecular pump. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: turbomolecular pump
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-noun-lDgVg917 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 28 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: turbo mode
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɝ.boʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-turbo.ogg [US] Forms: turbos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ Etymology: From turbocharged (“increased power”). From the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine. Etymology templates: {{l|en|turbocharged|gloss=increased power}} turbocharged (“increased power”), {{l|en|turbocharger}} turbocharger Head templates: {{en-noun}} turbo (plural turbos)
  1. (video games) Autofire. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-noun-mn3G0tyR Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɝ.boʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-turbo.ogg [US] Forms: turbos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ Etymology: From the New Latin name of the genus Turbo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{m|mul|Turbo}} Turbo Head templates: {{en-noun}} turbo (plural turbos)
  1. (malacology) A turban shell. Categories (topical): Malacology Categories (lifeform): Vetigastropods
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-noun-U6f6bz4k Disambiguation of Vetigastropods: 6 6 4 13 11 11 8 1 40 1 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 7 8 15 11 8 5 32 3 Topics: biology, malacology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɝ.boʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-turbo.ogg [US] Forms: turbos [present, singular, third-person], turboing [participle, present], turboed [participle, past], turboed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ Etymology: From turbocharged (“increased power”). From the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine. Etymology templates: {{l|en|turbocharged|gloss=increased power}} turbocharged (“increased power”), {{l|en|turbocharger}} turbocharger Head templates: {{en-verb}} turbo (third-person singular simple present turbos, present participle turboing, simple past and past participle turboed)
  1. (video games) To autofire. Categories (topical): Video games Derived forms: e-turbo, turbo chook, turbo controller, turbo roundabout, turbo trainer, turbo yeast
    Sense id: en-turbo-en-verb-d0NMVp~a Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: turbo mode
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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