turbo
[ tur-boh ]
noun,plural tur·bos.
Informal. turbocharger.
an automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger.
Origin of turbo
11655–65, in sense “tornado”; 1900–05 for def. 1; in part <Latin turbō top, whirlwind, in part by shortening of turbocharged or turbocharger
How to use turbo in a sentence
Near to the Trochi and Turbos in the system are the Monodonta.
The Ocean World: | Louis FiguierThe door was closed, and the Terrans braced themselves under the low roof as the engine started up with a whine of worn turbos.
The Yillian Way | John Keith Laumer
British Dictionary definitions for turbo-
turbo-
combining form
of, relating to, or driven by a turbine: turbofan
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