combo

name

1. Alternative form of Kombo.
2. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of combination + -o.

1. A small musical group.

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

2. 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. Effective combination of gameplay elements.

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

4. Effective combination of gameplay elements.

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

5. Effective combination of gameplay elements.

   “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.”

6. A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman, or who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture.

   “"[…] 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.”

7. A combo box.

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

verb

Etymology: Clipping of combination + -o.

1. To combine.
2. To perform a combo attack on.