Associations to the word «Mambo»

Wiktionary

MAMBO, noun. A Latin-American musical genre originating from Cuba in the 1940s.
MAMBO, noun. A fast-paced Latin American dance inspired by mambo music.
MAMBO, verb. (intransitive) To perform this dance.
MAMBO SAUCE, noun. Alternative form of mumbo sauce

Dictionary definition

MAMBO, noun. A Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba.
MAMBO, verb. Dance a mambo.

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