Meaning of Combo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small musical group.
2. A combination.
   slang
3. Effective combination of gameplay elements.
4. An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
5. Two or more gameplay elements (e.g. characters, items) which are powerful when used together.
6. A strategy aiming to win by playing a specific combination of cards (or similar), often in a single turn.
7. A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman, or who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture.
   Australia, derogatory
8. A combo box.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant.”

“I need⟳ to open⟳ the safe but I forgot the combo.”

“I order⟳ the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga.”

“As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan⟳ the windows and realise⟳ there are plenty of spare⟳ seats, so I hop aboard. The train⟳ is a '221'+'220' combo to allow⟳ for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train⟳ as normally you're playing sardines, so I make⟳ the most of it.”

“Obviously, this is something not seen very often, with super flashy, combo-driven fighters dominating store shelves everywhere.”

“Tm have⟳ several OP combos, i think⟳ ecology expert with kelp algea^([sic]) is stronger than fish⟳ combo IMO.”

“Personally I'd like⟳ to see⟳ an environment where all the major archetypes, control⟳, beatdown, and combo are viable.”

“Whenever I play⟳ (I play⟳ D&D alot^([sic]) too) I always play⟳ combo.”

“"[…] Look⟳ at Ganger O'Cannon of Black Adder Creek, with his halfcaste wife and quadroon kids, a down-right family man—yet looked on as as much a combo as if he lived in a blacks' camp. Isn't that so? […] The casual comboes are respected, while men like⟳ O'Cannon and myself, who rear their kids, are utterly despised. […]"”

“1993, Journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, p. 97, https://books.google.ca/books?id=Ky4iAQAAMAAJ&q=%22a+combo%22+halfcaste+-%22combo+box%22&dq=%22a+combo%22+halfcaste+-%22combo+box%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi18NvhnufMAhWL6IMKHfnYDUkQ6AEIbDAQ If he sides with the Aborigines against their employers and exploiters, he may be called a ' combo ', and yet he may not achieve⟳ popularity with the Aborigines.”

“Many passages in Harney's books are written from the point⟳ of view⟳ of what he refers to as the ' combo '; a white man who has sexual relations with Aboriginal women. The combo is seen as an anarchic, egalitarian figure⟳ whose enjoyment of life largely comes through his pursuit of Aboriginal women.”

“Combos and lists are two very powerful controls that allow⟳ the user to select⟳ from a predetermined set⟳ of values.”

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