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turbo

1

[ tur-boh ]

noun

plural turbos.
  1. Informal. turbocharger.
  2. 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

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of turbo1

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

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Perhaps manufacturers would agree to a different, bigger engine - a V8, for example - with a turbo and some hybrid element, but not as much as the 50% of total power planned for next year.

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Former Chargers star Keenan Allen remains a free agent after he spent last year with the Chicago Bears, and Williams posted a photo of him and Allen on his Instagram story last week with the caption “Run it back turbo.”

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The Department for Culture Media and Sport said the Gambling Commission introduced requirements that changed speed and intensity of slots in 2021: "This included a minimum speed of 2.5 seconds per spin, a ban on autoplay and features that increase play intensity, such as turbo, quick spin and slam stop, or give the illusion of 'false wins'."

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From a scrum on the edge of their own 22, they went right, eventually to Graham, who cut back inside, evading two defenders, put on the turbo boost to skip away from another and then found Jones who scampered away.

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There will be more of them, and noisy ones too, with their plans, again not original, to economically turbo charge the areas around and between Oxford and Cambridge.

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