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turbo
1 American
[tur-boh]
/ ˈtɜr boʊ /
noun
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turbos
plural
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Informal. turbocharger.
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an automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger.
turbo-
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American
turbo-
British
combining form
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Etymology
Origin of turbo1
1655–65, in sense “tornado”; 1900–05 turbo for def. 1; in part < Latin turbō top, whirlwind, in part by shortening of turbocharged ( def. ) or turbocharger
Origin of turbo-2
Example Sentences
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"I lifted off the power and when I went back, I had no turbo, so then I had no power," Russell said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Even when slowing for a yellow flag on the final lap caused a loss of turbo boost pressure and left him vulnerable on the run to the flag.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
With most powertrains, the intermittency of stop-start cycling is no great loss—it’s not like I’m missing the sweaty chatter of the average turbo four.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
He adds that “you can launch it in the atmosphere and go up to exo-atmospherically, at altitudes where the air is too thin for turbo jets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
That’s when I knew, Okay, she’s in turbo mode now.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
In June, Ford sold more F-150 pickups with its turbo- charged V-6 than those with V-8 engines for the first time since the 1980s.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 31, 2011
Henry Zoelly, a Swiss engineer, declared that the steam locomotive is lag ging "pitifully" in scientific progress and foresaw the development of a turbo- locomotive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throw in a flat-plane crankshaft, low-inertia turbos and equal-length exhaust runners and you’ve got a hurricane on a dimmer switch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The issue is not hybrid engines or turbos per se; it is the lack of energy recovery possibilities.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Some manufacturers definitely want turbos to stay, others are more ambivalent.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
No replacement for displacement, sure, but the lovely thing about turbos is how easily you can modify them to increase engine power and even improve fuel economy.
From The Verge ● May 3, 2022
The door was closed, and the Terrans braced themselves under the low roof as the engine started up with a whine of worn turbos.
From The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer
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