Usually means: Foolish, unwise, lacking good judgment.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. tonto: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Tonto, Tonto: Merriam-Webster
  3. Tonto, tonto: Wordnik
  4. Tonto, tonto: Wiktionary
  5. TONTO: Dictionary.com
  6. Tonto: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Tonto (Lone Ranger character), Tonto (beverage), Tonto: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. tonto: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. Tonto: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  10. Tonto: The Word Detective

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tonto (Lone Ranger character), Tonto: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TONTO: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Tonto (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. tonto, Tonto: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. tonto: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tonto)

noun:  (slang) Synonym of idiot: someone who is foolish or stupid.
adjective:  (slang, possibly offensive) Synonym of crazy.
noun:  a traditional Ugandan fermented beverage made from bananas
noun:  (fiction) The Native American sidekick of the Lone Ranger.
noun:  A member of the Tonto Apaches.
noun:  A sidekick.
noun:  A Native American who accepts a subservient position to a white person.

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