turbo

¹

[ tur-boh ]

noun

, plural tur·bos.

1. turbine.
2. Informal. turbocharger.
3. an automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger.

turbo-

²

1. a combining form representing turbine in compound words:

   turbojet.

turbo-

combining_form

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

   turbofan

Word History and Origins

Origin of turbo¹

1655–65, in sense “tornado”; 1900–05 turbo fordef 1; in part < Latin turbō top, whirlwind, in part by shortening of turbocharged ( def ) or turbocharger

Origin of turbo²

turb(ine) + -o-

Example Sentences

With 19 minutes left, he went into turbo charge and Gvardiol, one of the costliest and most composed defenders in English football, suddenly had the steadiness of a blancmange.

From BBC

By indicting corporate and finance capitalism, I went farther than Brooks, an entertaining celebrant of corporate consumer marketing and a scourge of neoliberals who make great shows of rectifying turbo capitalism's brutalities with “glass ceiling” gestures.

From Salon

And then there is Renault’s own conundrum, wherein their engine department has been behind throughout the era of turbo hybrid engines since 2014 and shown no signs of becoming fully competitive.

From BBC

Suddenly, as if there was some turbo switch the $700-million star forgot to hit, or a self-imposed governor he decided to finally turn off, Ohtani’s base-stealing exploded, becoming his most unexpectedly dangerous attribute during a monstrous performance to close the season.

From Los Angeles Times

Among this group, 60% were randomly assigned to discuss it with the large language model GPT-4 Turbo.

From Los Angeles Times

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