Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Music A small jazz band.
- n. Informal The product or result of combining; a combination.
Wiktionary
- n. A small musical group.
- n. slang A combination.
- n. video games An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a small band of jazz musicians.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small band of jazz musicians
Etymologies
- Short for combination. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Special note to those who have already made generous donations, your car magnet and pin combo is on the way soon, I promise.”
Monday Photo Shoot: magnets that save babies « Adventures in Juggling
“I certainly think the combo is a healthy one, especially as it inlcudes the good fats.”
“If you want to shoot deer with the same shotgun you use for everything else, the combo is an excellent value.”
“Vulkano, its next-generation live-TV placeshifting, timeshifting, and streaming device for TV, smartphones, and other media devices -- what it calls a combo of a TiVo, Roku, and Slingbox.”
“I haven't seen this contest yet, what kind of combo is it?”
“I suppose some think this also gives them ‘plausible deniability’ to pretend they never voted for the Senate bill, but of course voting for the Slaughter Rule and then for the dual-vote bill combo is clearly ‘a vote for the SENATE BILL’, in fact, two votes for it (for The Rule, and On Passage).”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “It May Be Clever, but It Is Not Constitutional”
“In other words, the CableCARD-tru2way combo is designed to give a lousy user experience, and it succeeds.”
The FCC Tackles the Set Top Box–Again « Steve Wildstrom on Tech
“I'm 14 I was in the same postion you are the remingtion combo is great!”
“I have been fly fishing for about 12 years and have run the gamut from affordable gear (the Martin combo from kmart gave me the rod, reel, line, leader, tippet, and 12 flies for $39) all the way up to a Winston rod with an Abel reel.”
“Now about 39 years later the combo is still intact, never a single reason for concern that either would fail on a trip to the mountains even if I took them this very day.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘combo’.
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Options Lexis
Options terms you must know in order to be a successful options trader.
abandon, accrued interest, acquisition, adjusted option, affidavit of domi..., all-or-none order..., american deposito..., american stock ex..., american-style op..., arbitrage, ask or offer, assigned and 366 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
Afro, habanera, pentatonic scale, bop, bebop, jazz, cool jazz, pentatonic, malignment, music genre, jazz musician, syncopate and 437 more...
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webdev
random webdev lingo used primarily in computer programming.
( open list, randomness, technical jargon, geek speak )
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ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 439 more... -
MUSIC - ALL TERMS
With focus on non-classical styles, but not excluding terms of the latter.
banjo, accompaniment, acoustic bass, bass guitar, bass clef, ground, brass, cornet, Mute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, arrangement and 866 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Way~Wordie... . .
Didactic and likely fallible tracking of secretive nomadic language Zincali gypsy.
abatico, abelar, abertune, aberucar, abicholar, abillelar, abri, acaba, acana, acarar, acatan, achibes and 418 more...
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Guitarist's Glossary
frets, fretboard, neck, peghead, headstock, tuners, tuning machines, strings, bridge, tremolo, whammy bar, sound hole and 201 more...
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a to z
alabaster, bonkers, cranky, dinglehopper, egregious, fey, Gregorian, Heracles, insipid, jai alai, kratom, ear and 5 more...
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Indiana
Hi. I'm in Indiana.
jigsaw puzzle, french dressing, Miracle Whip, TV dinner, crazy quilt, basement, supposably, nucular, warsh, Virginia Slims, railroad spike, model airplane and 14 more...
Tweets
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