Definition of "banjo" in İngilizce

noun

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.

   • I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.

2. Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.

3. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.

4. (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.

5. (mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.

6. (Malaysia) An egg sandwich fried on a flattop and served in a bun as would a burger, ellipsis of egg banjo.

7. (slang, vulgar) The frenulum of the penis.

verb

1. To play a banjo.

2. (transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down.

   • Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game

3. (transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target).