combo
See also: combó
English
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Noun
combo (plural combos)
- A small musical group.
- The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant.
- (slang) A combination.
- I need to open the safe but I forgot the combo.
- I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga.
- (video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
- 2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002:
- Obviously, this is something not seen very often, with super flashy, combo-driven fighters dominating store shelves everywhere.
- (Australia, derogatory) A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman; a Caucasian man who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 107-8, [1]
- " […] Look at Ganger O'Cannon of Black Adder Creek, with his halfcaste wife and quadroon kids, a down-right family man—yet looked on as as much a combo as if he lived in a blacks' camp. Isn't that so? […] The casual comboes are respected, while men like O'Cannon and myself, who rear their kids, are utterly despised. […] "
- 1993, Journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, p. 97, [2]
- If he sides with the Aborigines against their employers and exploiters, he may be called a ' combo ', and yet he may not achieve popularity with the Aborigines.
- 1996, Jeremy MacClancy and Chris McDonaugh (eds), Popularizing Anthropology, London and New York: Routledge, p. 167, [3]
- Many passages in Harney's books are written from the point of view of what he refers to as the ' combo '; a white man who has sexual relations with Aboriginal women. The combo is seen as an anarchic, egalitarian figure whose enjoyment of life largely comes through his pursuit of Aboriginal women.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VII, p. 107-8, [1]
- (graphical user interface, informal) A combo box.
- 2000, Marcia Akins, Andy Kramek, Rick Schummer, 1001 Things You Wanted to Know about Visual FoxPro (page 127)
- Combos and lists are two very powerful controls that allow the user to select from a predetermined set of values.
- 2000, Marcia Akins, Andy Kramek, Rick Schummer, 1001 Things You Wanted to Know about Visual FoxPro (page 127)
Derived terms
Translations
small musical group
combination
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sequence of simpler actions
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References
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Spanish
Etymology 1
Noun
combo m (plural combos)
Etymology 2
Verb
combo
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