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Definition of Bongo
1. Noun. A small drum; played with the hands.
2. Noun. Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Strepsiceros, Genus Tragelaphus, Strepsiceros, Tragelaphus
Definition of Bongo
1. n. Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and B. isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.
Definition of Bongo
1. Noun. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, ''Tragelaphus eurycerus''. ¹
2. Noun. One of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands. ¹
3. Verb. To play the bongo ¹
4. Verb. (context: Of, e.g. a heart) To beat with an irregular rhythm ¹
5. Verb. To hit something rhythmically with the hands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bongo
1. a small drum [n -GOS or -GOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bongo
Literary usage of Bongo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"1589-1607. j|O the Eastward of Longeri is the Province of bongo, ... upon bongo;
and toward the North, upon Mayombe, ..."
2. The Heart of Africa: Three Years' Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored by Georg August Schweinfurth, Ellen Elizabeth Frewer (1874)
"Penates of the bongo. Musical instruments. Character of bongo music. Corpulence of
the women. Hottentot Venus. Mutilation of the teeth. ..."
3. The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh, in Angola and the by Andrew Battel, Samuel Purchas, Anthony Knivet (1901)
"[bongo.] To the eastward of Longer! is the Province of bongo, ... bongo is
evidently the country of the Obongo of Du Chaillu, ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"|O the Eastward of Longeri is the Province of bongo, ... upon bongo; and toward
the North, upon Mayombe, ..."
5. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"In New Zealand, he receive! several names descriptive of his many powers ; bat
he is perhaps belt known as bongo-ma-tane. bongo was a child of Bangi ..."
6. A History of the Missions in Japan and Paraguay by Cecilia Mary Caddell (1856)
"F. Francis is invited to bongo; success with the king, and in controversy with
bonzes; ... Two bonzes converted in bongo. Remarkable constancy of children. ..."
7. Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and Other Recollections of Thirteenyears by Chauncey Hugh Stigand (1913)
"CHAPTER XXI HUNTING THE bongo FOR long I had heard about the wariness of the ...
Still, if I had no chance of hunting the bongo, I had an opportunity of ..."
8. Explorations and Adventures in Honduras: Comprising Sketches of Travel in by William Vincent Wells (1857)
"bongo Sailing.—Agua Dulce.—Volcano of Conchagua.—The Eruption of 1835. ...
mere blue mounds in the distance (and beyond which, in bongo navigation, ..."
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