turbo

[ tur-boh ]

/ ˈtɜr boʊ /

turbine.

Informal. turbocharger.

an automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger.

Origin of turbo

1655–65, in sense “tornado”; 1900–05 for def 1; in part < Latin turbō top, whirlwind, in part by shortening of turbocharged or turbocharger

turbo-

a combining form representing turbine in compound words: turbojet.

turb(ine) + -o-

Turbo accepted his fate, but with a bitterness that poisoned his whole nature.

Kophetua the Thirteenth |Julian Corbett
"I would crave your majesty's permission to pursue this subject no further," said Turbo.

Kophetua the Thirteenth |Julian Corbett
The Kallist amendments, dictated by Turbo, were almost indecent in their plain speaking.

Kophetua the Thirteenth |Julian Corbett
"I am in love with her," said Turbo, as coldly as though he were made of stone.

Kophetua the Thirteenth |Julian Corbett

Turbo also, who wrote the victories of these confessors, not long afterwards suffered martyrdom.

The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16) |Sabine Baring-Gould

turbo-

of, relating to, or driven by a turbine turbofan