What does "rambo" mean?
One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.
Rambo
/ˈɹæmbəʊ/ name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.
- Grammar: rambo is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: action hero, brute enforcer, militarized mercenary, military hero.
- Useful contrasts: civilian, noncombatant, pacifist.
- Usage evidence: It's just a myth that Rambo can defeat an army alone.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy. figuratively
- 2 A knife. Multicultural-London-English
"Man still money dance in the bando L1 in the cut two rambos I love skengs and peds, violence no meds They say one-fifty but it's one-four-six, true there friend dem dead"
- 3 Abbreviation of robust association of massive baryonic objects. abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 An American variety of apple with a greenish-yellow skin, mottled and striped with dull red.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
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Example
"It's just a myth that Rambo can defeat an army alone."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "rambo"?
Common synonyms include: action hero, brute enforcer, militarized mercenary, military hero, protagonist, violent enforcer.
How do you use "rambo" in a sentence?
It's just a myth that Rambo can defeat an army alone.
How do you pronounce "rambo"?
Pronounced /ˈɹæmbəʊ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
* The name "Rambo" is of unknown origin. It can be dated back to the 17th-century Swedish immigrant Peter Gunnarsson Rambo. According to folk legend it is derived from the mountain Ramberget ("Raven’s Hill") in Gothenburg, whence the Swedish immigrants to Delaware originated in the 17th century. * "Rambo" is also the name of an old farm in Vestfold county, Norway ("Rambøe" 1664, "Ramboe" 1723) - and about 65 people in Norway have Rambo as a family name. The Old Norse form of the name might have been *Hrafnabú. The first element is then the genitive plurals of hrafn m. 'raven', and the last element is bú n. 'farm'. The name was brought to the US by Norwegian settlers. * "Rambo" became widely known after John Rambo, a fictional Vietnam War veteran and protagonist of the film series Rambo. See also Japanese 乱暴(らんぼー) (ranbō, “violence; violent; reckless; rude; rough; unreasonable”).
Etymology 2
Presumably from Rambo (“John Rambo”).