mando

See also: Mando, mandó, mandò, and mandō

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ændəʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of mandatory +‎ -o.

Noun

mando (plural mandos)

1. (disc golf, informal) A mandatory, a sign or line that requires the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
   • 1998 September 10, Dennis Moore, “Re: Patent Law and Disc Golf”, in rec.sport.disc‎ (Usenet):

     I am apparently very much in the minority regarding mandos. I think well considered mandatories can turn otherwise boring, wide open holes into something of more challenge and interest. But from what I can tell most golfers hate mandos.

Adjective

mando (comparative more mando, superlative most mando)

1. (slang) Clipping of mandatory.
   • 2003 May 8, Lomax, “Re: Again”, in alt.support.divorce‎ (Usenet):

     I've been steaming a lot a veggies and I can get that down without any problem. It's a very good thing I am on Aciphex now as I think my stomach would have imploded by now. With me, I -HAVE- to get back in shape. It's mando becuase^[sic] the Navy says so. Chuckle.

   • 2015 March 15, Kendrick Lamar, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper, Rahki (lyrics and music), “I [Album version]” (track 15), in To Pimp a Butterfly, performed by Kendrick Lamar:

     It shouldn’t be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dog / On the dead homies, Charlie P, you know that, bro / You know that / It's— it's mando, right, it's mando

Etymology 2

Clipping of mandolin.

Noun

mando (plural mandos)

1. (music, informal) Clipping of mandolin.
   • 1995 December 4, Jm721, “Re: Stelling-Mandolin ?”, in rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic‎ (Usenet):

     Can't tell you about mandos, but the Stelling Banjos are exquisite. Geoff Stelling used to be in San Diego, Calif. but now he is out on the East Coast. His banjos have excellent crisp tone. I would suspect that his mandos are similar[.]

Anagrams

• Damon, Doman, Domna, Monda, NoMad, mad on, mad-on, monad, nomad

Asturian

Verb

mando

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandar

Basque

Pronunciation

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Noun

mando anim

1. mule

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mando (“order”).

Noun

mando

1. order; command

Galician

Verb

mando

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.do/
• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: màn‧do

Verb

mando

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandare

Anagrams

• Monda, monda