solo

1. solo (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A piece of music for one performer.

2. solo (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A job or performance done by one person alone.

3. solo (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner

4. solo (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Without a companion or instructor.

Example: Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.

5. solo (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

Example: I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.

6. solo (adv) — sense 6

Definition: Alone, without a companion.

Example: Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun

7. solo (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To perform a solo.

8. solo (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To perform something in the absence of anyone else.

9. solo (verb) — sense 9

Definition: To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.