Associations to the word «Geronimo»

Wiktionary

GERONIMO, interjection. A cry before jumping out of or into something (originally by American parachutists).

Dictionary definition

GERONIMO, noun. Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats