Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To play the bongo drums.

  2. (intransitive)Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.

  3. (transitive)To hit something rhythmically with the hands.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Tom is a good bongo player.

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  2. I've been playing the bongos a lot.

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  3. I don't know how to play the bongos.

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  4. Tom was sitting on the floor playing his bongos.

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  5. Tom is sitting on the floor playing his bongos.

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Origin

From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.

From United States Spanish bongó, from a Bantu language; probably Ekele boungu.

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Forms

bongos, bongoing, bongoed, bongoed
Base formbongo · to bongo
3rd person singularbongos
Present participlebongoing
Past simplebongoed
Past participlebongoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybongo
he, she, itbongos

Past simpleLesson

all personsbongoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bongoed
he, she, ithas bongoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bongo

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbongo mag

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bonfirebongbonjourbonkersbonnet
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