English Explanatory Dictionary

turbofish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A syntactic element in Rust, ::<>, with arguments between < and >, that specifies the generic arguments of a function in an expression.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɝboʊˌfɪʃ/

Word forms

turbofish turbofishes

Etymology

From turbo- + fish; coined by Anna Harren in 2015, originally in jest, later adopted by official documentation.

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