Banjo vs Balalaika - What's the difference?
banjo | balalaika |
(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument with a round body and fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
To play the banjo
(slang, British) To beat; to knock down
* 1989 , Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State , page 95
* 1998 , "Fergie's world just gets Madar."(Sport), Sunday Mail m Jan 4, 1998
* 2007 , "Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero", Times Online , Jul 31, 2007
(musical instruments) A Russian musical instrument, similar to a guitar, with a triangular body.
In musical instruments terms the difference between banjo and balalaika
is that banjo is a stringed musical instrument with a round body and fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings while balalaika is a Russian musical instrument, similar to a guitar, with a triangular body.As a verb banjo
is to play the banjo.banjo
English
(wikipedia banjo)Noun
(en-noun)- I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee ...
Derived terms
* banjoist * banjo enclosure * banjo eyes, banjo-eyes, banjo-eyedVerb
(en verb)- Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing
' but that she had asked for it.
- Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
- "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.