dynamo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of dynamo
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
“"As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo."”
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noun
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An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.
“"As usual, it isn't telling the truth about it or you. But your body is. I can feel its vitality like the pulse of a dynamo."”
- The mechanism by which a celestial body, such as the Earth or a star, generates a magnetic field.
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(figuratively)An energetic person.
“That new Vice President of Marketing is a real dynamo; sales have already gone up this quarter.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
A shortening of dynamo-electric machine. The element dynamo- is ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
Anagrams of dynamo
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