Definitions for tabu
tabu
ta·bu
Spelling: [tuh-boo, ta-]
IPA: /təˈbu, tæ-/
Tabu is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 32 anagrams from letters in tabu (abtu).
Definitions for tabu
noun
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a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
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the system, practice, or act whereby things are set apart as sacred, forbidden for general use, or placed under a prohibition or interdiction.
the condition of being so set apart, forbidden, or interdicted.
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exclusion from social relations; ostracism.
adjective
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proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable:
Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed.
Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned.
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prohibited or excluded from use or practice:
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(among the Polynesians and other peoples of the South Pacific) separated or set apart as sacred; forbidden for general use; placed under a prohibition or ban. Synonyms: sacrosanct, inviolable.
verb (used with object)
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to put under a taboo; prohibit or forbid. Synonyms: prohibit, ban, forbid, proscribe.
Antonyms: allow, permit, sanction.
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to ostracize (a person, group, etc.):
adjective, noun, verb (used with object)
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taboo.
Origin of tabu
1770-80; Tongan tapu or Fijian tabu ‘forbidden, prohibited’
Examples for tabu
They brought with them the tabu, which is common to all Polynesia.
The tabu was always most scrupulously regarded, after this, whenever employed.
There is nothing new or unnatural in this repression, this tabu on expectoration.
There, his father, Santosh Patel (Adil Hussain), and his beautiful mother (tabu), run a zoo.
Paragot accepted meekly my report of Joanna's tabu of the Black Boar.
Anything forbidden by their law or customs was called "tabu."
When they are not allowed to touch anything they say it is tabu.
Noa (n-a)--ceremonially free; unrestrained by tabu (p. 126).
Una has stolen that which is tabu to her and I will punish her.
You know as well as I do that a tabu like this is a serious business.