rhino

See also: rhino-

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of rhinoceros

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.nəʊ/
• enPR: rīʹnō, IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ
• Homophone: RINO

Noun

rhino (plural rhinos)

1. (colloquial) A rhinoceros.
   • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24:

     ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’

Translations

short form of rhinoceros

• French: rhino (fr) m
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• Italian: rinoceronte (it) m

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• rino

Noun

rhino (uncountable)

1. (slang, archaic) money
   • 1835, Frederick Marryat, The Pacha of Many Tales

     There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     --Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino. Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.no/

Noun

rhino m (plural rhinos)

1. rhino