nitro
/ˈnaɪtɹəʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Nitrous oxide; the system that adds nitrous oxide to a car engine; by extension, a boost mechanic to speed up cars in a video game.
Informal; Uncountable
adj
Containing the nitro group.
name
A city in West Virginia.
Example Sentences
- "8 April 2018 Chomp Squad, "You Can Handel It" Blaze, set the blasters to liquid nitro! We're gonna freeze this lava before it flows any further."
- "You need to find the smartest routes and optimize the nitro boost to win."
- "Reaching down to his control panel , he pushed a big red button marked “nitro” . When the nitro mixed with the gasoline in the engine of Vane's monstrous machine, a giant fireball shot out from behind, launching the machine forward and almost knocking Vane right out of his seat."
- "Nitro compounds tend to be unstable and often explosive."