turbo

¹ American  

[tur-boh] / ˈtɜr boʊ /

noun

plural

turbos

1. turbine.

2. Informal. turbocharger.

3. an automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger.

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turbo- ² American  

1. a combining form representing turbine in compound words.

   turbojet.

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turbo- British  

combining form

1. of, relating to, or driven by a turbine

   turbofan

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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

turb(ine) + -o-

Example Sentences

Clutched in the hollows of our Turbo Premium Plus were 20-inch wheels wrapped around 45-series all-season tires, fresh from the oven.

From The Wall Street Journal

As for our fully flexed Turbo Premium Plus, there was boost aplenty when it was on the boil.

From The Wall Street Journal

Getting around the inevitable low-speed turbo lag required keeping the revs up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Car and Driver coaxed a 6.4-second 0-60 mph time out of the Turbo.

From The Wall Street Journal

These include not going flat out in the run up to the start of a qualifying lap, taking corners in higher gears than is optimum for lap time to keep the turbo spinning, lifting and coasting in qualifying, and even not going flat out at the end of a qualifying lap because it is more time-effective to use the energy elsewhere.

From BBC

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