ALL meanings of banjo
ban·jo
B b - variable noun banjo A banjo is a musical instrument that looks like a guitar with a circular body, a long neck, and four or more strings. 3
- noun banjo a stringed musical instrument with a long neck (usually fretted) and a circular drumlike body overlaid with parchment, plucked with the fingers or a plectrum 3
- noun banjo any banjo-shaped object, esp a frying pan 3
- noun banjo a long-handled shovel with a wide blade 3
- abbreviation BANJO banjo-shaped 3
- noun banjo a stringed musical instrument having a long neck and a circular body covered on top with tightly stretched skin: the strings, usually four or five, are plucked with the fingers or a plectrum 3
- noun banjo music: string instrument 1
- noun plural banjo a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum. 1
- noun banjo A stringed musical instrument with a long neck and a round open-backed body consisting of parchment stretched over a metal hoop like a tambourine, played by plucking or with a plectrum. It is used especially in American folk music. 1
- noun banjo (music) A stringed musical instrument (chordophone) with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings; by extension, any musicologically similar instrument, like the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard. 0
- noun banjo (Slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel. 0
- noun banjo (Britain, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end. 0
- verb banjo To play the banjo. 0
- verb banjo (Slang) (Britain) To beat; to knock down. 0