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banjo

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I've just started working on a statistical approach to generate banjo arrangements in the style of Earl Scruggs, father of bluegrass banjo.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of banjo gathered in one view.

noun

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

verb

To play a banjo.

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for banjo.

noun

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

verb

To play a banjo.

noun

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

noun

(slang, vulgar) The frenulum of the penis.

Example sentences

1

I've just started working on a statistical approach to generate banjo arrangements in the style of Earl Scruggs, father of bluegrass banjo.

2

Or perhaps the author is a guitar or banjo picker.

3

At the age of 10 he learned to play the banjo but soon switched to the fiddle.

4

At times, Banjo said, he has traveled six hours to the forest, where a magician sells scam-boosters.

5

Interestingly, this is opposite to some guitar/banjo/mandolin players, who keep their nails long to help with picking, as mentioned above.

6

With banjo music playing, the chicken truck has gone off the road, through the fence and is now tearing up a cornfield.

7

I have been playing piano, banjo, and several other instruments on a fairly regular basis for around 15 years now.

8

Electronic drums, banjo, guitar, piano, trumpet -- in order of increasing skill (not that it increases to any significant level).

9

I'm impressed with Banjo and its ability to get me local news for our area.

10

I can remember the fish in the boat scene, but the banjo has me mystified.

11

Then take another decade to become a top-flight Bluegrass banjo player.

12

It's very hard to get the darned thing into tune at all (the source of endless banjo jokes) and it goes out of tune very quickly.

Quote examples

1

A smart banjo player I know summed up every record deal like this -- "It's a 90/10 split, all charges go to the 10".

2

This is the height of pedantry (and I apologize), but guitar/banjo/mandolin players are not really "opposite" to violinists--they all need to keep the fingernails of their fingerboard hands short.

3

Agreed, at least with Go, Dog, Go it teaches a lot of concepts and I always pause to ask her questions like, "Where's the boat?" "Can you point to the banjo?" "Can you count the dogs that have hats on?" etc.

Proper noun examples

1

I grew up in Glen Ellyn and remember having a birthday party at the Big Banjo.

2

Like the various other Ambient Social Networking apps that came before it (Highlight, Sonar, Banjo), it would seem to suffer from a severe chicken and egg problem.

3

There´s also Findery, Pindrop and Banjo.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use banjo in a sentence?

I've just started working on a statistical approach to generate banjo arrangements in the style of Earl Scruggs, father of bluegrass banjo.

What does banjo mean?

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

What part of speech is banjo?

banjo is commonly used as noun, verb.