[
UK
/bˈɒŋɡəʊ/
]
[ US /ˈbɑŋˌɡoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɑŋˌɡoʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a small drum; played with the hands
- large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
How To Use bongo In A Sentence
- An interlude of steel drum, tympani, and bongo injected a decidedly powerful tribal element to the experience.
- To celebrate, Facebook is giving its 150 million-plus users a mystery virtual gift, such as bongo drums and beer. Macworld
- Each man was surrounded by an absolute armada of percussion: Bongos, congas, sambas and tom toms; high-hats, kettles, timpani and snares.
- Each set replaces a single die in a normal (with the predator dice) game of Bongo.
- Repeated sampling was more extensive with bongo / Tucker gear than with neuston gear.
- If in doubt, listen to the opening bars of ‘Boston’: guitar, snare, bongos and shakers, what else do you need?
- By letting Declan use a range of musical instruments - everything from drums, xylophones and bongos to the piano and even his own voice - Angela enabled him to learn to communicate again.
- Man, he'd say, check out those bangin' bongos. Times, Sunday Times
- Larger bands have trumpets and strings as well as extensive percussion sections in which maracas, guiros, and bongos are primary instruments.
- They brought enthusiasm, a gong, some bongos, and turntables, yet aside from some light effects, played a surprisingly serene set.