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[ ling-goh ] / ˈlɪŋ goʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lingo ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural lin·goes.the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual: gamblers' lingo. language or speech, especially if strange or foreign. Origin of lingo11650–60; apparently alteration of lingua (franca); compare Polari lingo “language” Words nearby lingoLingayata, Lingayen Gulf, lingcod, linger, lingerie, lingo, lingoe, lingonberry, -lings, lingua, lingua franca Definition for lingo (2 of 2)[ ling-goh ] / ˈlɪŋ goʊ /
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lingoThe “no-diet diet” lingo may sound trendy, but the idea has been around for decades. The No-Diet Diet May Be the Key to Avoiding the Holiday Belt Bulge|Erin Geiger Smith|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST She may be disappointed about the false appropriation of such Twilight lingo. Will ‘Hunger Games’ Fans and ‘Twilight’ Fans Ever Get Along?|Kevin Fallon|November 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST To use the lingo he used, it would be a medical “procedural.” ‘House’ Finale: Interview With Doctor Lisa Sanders|Noah Charney|May 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST The men had all sorts of lingo and acronyms that they used to review the services of the women they procured erotic services from. Professor Pimp?|Jacob Bernstein|June 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So I picked up a lot of the lingo from sitting and listening to them. How to Fight Like a Girl|Will Doig|August 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST It's a man as was kinder fond o' me, and we understood each other's lingo. With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman But I could understand their lingo, when they said, For the love of God. Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal|Oliver Optic He's the one man that really knows these northern Utes and speaks their lingo, and they think a heap of him. Gunpowder Treason and Plot|Harold Avery She taught me the lingo and one or two other things; but what happened? Stories by English Authors: Orient|Various Elsewhere the constant presence either of semi-poetic phraseology or of some kind of "lingo" was almost fatal. The English Novel|George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for lingo
noun plural -goesinformal any foreign or unfamiliar language, jargon, etc Word Origin for lingoC17: perhaps from lingua franca; compare Portuguese lingoa tongue Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lingopatois, vocabulary, argot, vernacular, jargon, slang, patter, language, idiom, cant, speech, tongue, talk |