Definitions For Drongo

Etymology 1

From {{der, en, mg, drongo}}.

Alternative forms

drongoe

Noun

DRONGO (plural DRONGOs) Any bird of the family dicruridae.

Derived terms

drongo cuckoo

Etymology 2

From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the {{vern, Spangled drongo, spangled drongo}}, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo."Drongo", entry in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979, {{ISBN, 0-7018-1309-1}}, page 200. Alternatively, from putative raaf slang drongo (a recruit), similarly after the bird."drongo", entry in 2007, Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, . Another suggested derivation is the {{cog, gd, drongair, , drunkard}}.

Noun

DRONGO (plural DRONGOs) (Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.

Synonyms

clumsy fool; idiot cretin, doilem {{qualifier, Geordie}}, dufus, fool, glaik {{qualifier, Geordie}}, idiot, mong

Anagrams

Gordon, Grodno