combo
Americannoun
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combos
plural
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Informal.
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a small jazz or dance band.
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Australian Slang. a white man living with Aboriginal people or having an Aboriginal wife, usually in a common-law marriage.
noun
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a small group of musicians, esp of jazz musicians
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informal any combination
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of combo
First recorded in 1920–25; comb(ination) + -o
Example Sentences
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Nobody wants to order mozzarella sticks anymore, they want the adventure of finding the best secret combo of mozzarella sticks dipped into various sauces in the cornucopia of a Chili’s Triple Dipper.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
This combo would become tirzepatide, the main ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Tony Thorpe, the guitarist for the English glam-rock combo the Rubettes, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Peak Design’s 2-in-1 base pack and removable daypack make a great combo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
I had ordered my favorite, a BLT, while Carl consumed a cold-cuts combo with hot peppers and onions.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
On Saturday, Kalshi saw $189 million in total volume traded on its platform on combos alone, mostly on sports events.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
On a prediction market, however, each event contract requires two traders to take the opposite sides of every bet, so the parlays have to be preset combos.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
One of my favorite salad-sandwich combos is at Cafe Dulce in Little Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
They settled on $3 beers and $7 beer-and-hot-dog combos for furloughed federal workers—a “loss leader,” as Weiss put it—to keep seats filled and spirits up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
The Meamei went, taking with them their combos with which to cut the bark.
From Australian Legendary Tales: folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker
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