drongo

English - Turkish

Definition of drongo in English Turkish dictionary

(Argo) salak

English - English

Definition of drongo in English English dictionary

fool, idiot

Various birds of the family Dicruridae

They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; called also drongo shrikes

A passerine bird of the family Dicruridæ

They are usually black with a deeply forked tail

Hyphenation

dron·go

Synonyms

cretin, doilem, fool, glaik, idiot, mong, dufus

Etymology

() The Australian slang is from a racehorse called Drongo (foaled 1921, retired 1925) which ran poorly, and by transferrance anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo. (Reference: Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, 1970, reprint 1979 ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, entry for "Drongo", page 200.) The horse was apparently named for the bird the Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus). An alternative derivation for the Australian slang form of the word is from the Scottish Gaelic word drongair meaning drunkard.