A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.

(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.

(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.

(mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.

To play a banjo.

(transitive, slang, Britain) To beat, to knock down.

(transitive, slang, Britain, military) To shell or attack (a target).