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JINGO (jingoes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jingo mean? 

JINGO (noun)
  The noun JINGO has 1 sense:

1. an extreme bellicose nationalistplay

  Familiarity information: JINGO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JINGO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An extreme bellicose nationalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer

Hypernyms ("jingo" is a kind of...):

nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)


 Context examples 


“Py jingo! I t’ink so mineself,” Hans affirmed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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