Usually means: Stringed instrument with distinctive twang.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. banjo: Merriam-Webster
  2. banjo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. banjo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. banjo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. banjo: Vocabulary.com
  6. Banjo, banjo: Wordnik
  7. banjo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Banjo: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. banjo: Wiktionary
  10. banjo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. banjo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. banjo: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. banjo: Dictionary.com
  14. banjo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. banjo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Banjo (chocolate bar), Banjo (disambiguation), Banjo (mobile application), Banjo (samba), Banjo (song), Banjo, The Banjo (3logy song), The Banjo (Gottschalk): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. banjo: Rhymezone
  18. Banjo (nt), banjo, banjo, banjo, banjo (de), banjo (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. banjo: FreeDictionary.org
  20. banjo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. banjo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. banjo: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. banjo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Musical Instruments (No longer online)
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. banjo: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BANJO: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. banjo, banjo, banjo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. banjo: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See banjoes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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.
noun:  Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
noun:  (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
noun:  (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
noun:  (mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.
verb:  To play a banjo.
verb:  (transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down.
verb:  (transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target).

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