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A usually fretted stringed instrument having a narrow neck and a hollow circular body with a covering of plastic or stretched skin on which the bridge rests. The modern American banjo typically has four strings and often a short fifth string plucked with the thumb. |
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a. Any of several oxlike Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and African buffalo.
b. The North American bison, Bison bison.
2. The buffalo fish.
tr.v. buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing, buf·fa·loes
1. To intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority: "The board couldn't buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller" (American Banker).
2. To deceive; hoodwink: "Too often . . . job seekers have buffaloed lenders as to their competency and training" (H. Jane Lehman).
3. To confuse; bewilder.
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1. One who serves in an army.
2. An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.
3. An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization.
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a. A sexually undeveloped form of certain ants and termites, having large heads and powerful jaws.
b. One of a group of honeybees that swarm in defense of a hive.
intr.v. sol·diered, sol·dier·ing, sol·diers
1. To be or serve as a soldier.
2. To make a show of working in order to escape punishment.
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a. goods carried by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle; freight
b. (as modifier) a cargo vessel
2. any load the train pulled in with its cargo of new arrivals
[from Spanish: from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricāre to load a vehicle, from carrus car
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