dino

noun

di·​no ˈdī-(ˌ)nō How to pronounce dino (audio)
plural dinos

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There’s at least one dino children can actually ride for a cute photo. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 May 2026 The dino can run, jump, flutter in the air, ground pound, swallow enemies, and throw eggs, all standard parts of his toolkit. Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026 In a deliberately cheap-looking black-and-white faux-’50s horror movie, the comedy team of Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) play nerdish mad scientists who capture and bring to their laboratory a dino-fish monster who looks like a chomping-jawed gill-man made of papier-mâché. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026 Gotta love natural history, the dinos. Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dino

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of dino was in 1936

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“Dino.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dino. Accessed 31 May. 2026.

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