dino
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈdaɪnoʊ/
- Informal
- Speedy funerals are a dino custom.
Examples
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The fashion trends from the 1980s are considered dino by today's standards.
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Pick on a dino.
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Nice dino, good dino, sweet dino,
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Nice dino, good dino, sweet dino!
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At least at school I'm not likely to be dino food by the end of first period.
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Do you know we're out of dino treats?
Fiction book (1994) -
Face it, pal, this is the Stone Age, and it's a dino-eat-dino world.
Fiction book (1994) -
His old car is a real dino; it breaks down all the time and has no modern features.
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In the world of technology, that software is a dino, having not been updated in years.
Synonyms
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9.8
A person or thing from a different time that seems old-fashioned
10
7.9
Having features like things from an earlier time
9
7.1
Not interesting or fashionable because people have seen it before
9
7.6
Someone whose habits or style are old-fashioned
7
8.1
A person who is old-fashioned and not modern
3
9.9
A person with old-fashioned ideas who refuses to change
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8.2
A person who prefers old ways and does not like change
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7.2
An object, custom, or idea from long ago that seems out of date
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7.9
A person or thing that is very old-fashioned and not useful today
1
9.9
A person who refuses to accept new ideas or technology
Compounds
How Outdated
- Informal
1
8.6
- Offensive
31
6.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dino is also used as a casual joke for a person or thing that seems old or not modern because dinosaur makes us think of something from long ago, so calling someone a dino suggests they are behind the times.