Combo

English

Noun

Combo (plural Combos)

1. A small musical group.

   The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant.

2. (slang) A combination.

   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.

3. (video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.
   • 2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002

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

Thesaurus

Anschluss, German band, Philharmonic, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, band, big band, blend, blending, brass, brass band, brass choir, brass quintet, brass section, brasses, cabal, callithumpian band, cartel, centralization, chamber orchestra, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concert band, concoction, confection, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, desks, dixieland band, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, ensemble, federalization, federation, fusion, gamelan orchestra, group, hookup, immixture, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intermixture, jazz band, jug band, junction, junta, league, magma, marriage, meld, melding, merger, military band, mixture, orchestra, package, package deal, paste, quartet, quintet, ragtime band, rock-and-roll group, sextet, skiffle band, solidification, steel band, street band, string band, string choir, string orchestra, string quartet, strings, swing band, symphony, symphony orchestra, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-up, trio, unification, union, waits, wedding, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind quartet, woodwinds

Anagrams

• coomb

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Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua kumpa

Noun

1. (Latin America) gavel, wooden hammer
2. (Bolivia, Chile, Peru) punch

Synonyms

• (punch): puñetazo, puñete
• (hammer): mazo

Verb

Combo (infinitive combar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of combar.