Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Either of two large antelopes (
Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, andBoöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. - noun Either of two large antelopes (
Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, andBoöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. - noun one of a pair of attached small drums, each tuned to a different pitch, played by striking with the hands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
striped bovine mammal found inAfrica , Tragelaphus eurycerus. - noun One of a pair of small
drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands. - verb To play the bongo
- verb To
beat with an irregular rhythm - verb To hit something
rhythmically with the hands.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small drum; played with the hands
- noun large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
Etymologies
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Examples
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Edison took the stage second, and, calling a bongo player from the crowd, read one of his classic tales of pot and porn in traditional Beatnik fashion.
Literary Death Match Huff Post Citizen Reporter 2010
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I discovered there's an animal called a bongo the fact that I didn't know this stuns us all, and did I mention there were several tigers?
updated progress terri_osborne 2005
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Tanzania's nickname is "bongo," which means clever, and they'll need all the intelligence they can muster.
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Other forest dwelling mammals include forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), and larger forest antelopes such as bongo (Tragelaphus euryceros) and sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei).
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Just -- the idea was to get these items -- a pull-up bar, some sandals, a camcorder, a hockey stick and street hockey balls, and then this kind of bongo board thing.
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Just -- the idea was to get these items -- a pull-up bar, some sandals, a camcorder, a hockey stick and street hockey balls, and then this kind of bongo board thing.
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Rothschild had offered a thousand pounds for a "bongo," a huge grass-eating animal, which no white man had ever seen; and he had taken
The Metropolis Upton Sinclair 1923
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To celebrate, Facebook is giving its 150 million-plus users a mystery virtual gift, such as bongo drums and beer.
Macworld 2009
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To celebrate, Facebook is giving its 150 million-plus users a mystery virtual gift, such as bongo drums and beer.
MacUser 2009
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The potential for cringe was immediately apparent when two 'bongo' drummers emerged to take up position at the front of the stage (surely bodhran players would have been more appropriate?) and nine Irish rugby 'models' emerged bashfully to a bizarre jungle beat.
chained_bear commented on the word bongo
"Rinderpest... at the turn of the twentieth century ravaged wildebeest, hartebeest, bongos, and other native African ungulates after jumping from Asian cattle."
—Richard Stone, Mammoth: The Resurrection of an Ice Age Giant (Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Publishing, 2001), 201
Update: Now (Nov. 9, 2010) declared eradicated, as seen here.
September 22, 2008
yarb commented on the word bongo
UK slang for porn.
E.g. "I haven't seen Stuart in three days; he's in his room downloading bongo."
October 9, 2008