Turbo
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A turbine. countable, informal, uncountable
- 2 Autofire.
"Controllers with turbo features are banned from most competitive tournaments."
- 3 A turban shell.
- 4 Clipping of turbocharger. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
"Superchargers are generally heavier and more expensive than turbos […]"
- 5 Clipping of turbojet. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
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- 6 Clipping of turbomolecular pump. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 1 To autofire.
- 1 With rapidly-increasing blind levels. not-comparable
"This is a turbo tournament: the blinds increase every 5 minutes! Level 1 = 150/300; level 2 = 200/400; etc."
- 2 Causing or relating to increased speed. not-comparable
"a turbo button on a controller; a PC equipped with a turbo mode"
- 3 Very, super, etc.; usually relating to a qualitative value (as opposed to quantitative). informal, nonstandard, not-comparable
"They act turbo wasted when they have more than a few beers in them."
Example
More examples"Frank Whittle, a British pilot, designed and patented the first turbo jet engine in 1930."
Etymology
From turbine.
From turbocharged (“increased power”). Also figurative, from the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine.
From the New Latin name of the genus Turbo.
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