18th century. Perhaps borrowed from Mandingo cano, or from a language of the East Indies.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A botanical gum produced by various trees and other plants, particularly bloodwood species of eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus), Butea, and Pterocarpus, used in tanning and dyeing and as an astringent in medicine.
From Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”), via Kino-Eye and Dziga Vertov's identification of his film Man with a Movie Camera as "ABSOLUTE KINOGRAPHY".
Meanings
(Internet, qualifier:4chan slang) Grand, cinematic, especially in regards to cinema or other cultural media.
From Russian кино́ (kinó, “movie; cinema”), via Kino-Eye and Dziga Vertov's identification of his film Man with a Movie Camera as "ABSOLUTE KINOGRAPHY".
Meanings
(Internet, qualifier:4chan slang, uncountable, usually) Especially good or sophisticated cinema.
Man, I hate Marvel movies, but Scorsese, now that's some real kino.
(uncountable) Physical contact with another person, touch.
I noticed, however, that the more interested the 11 became, the more kino the 10 gave me. 2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 154:
There's no way for me to find out a girl's attitude toward kino without giving it a try and pushing some limits, so I never miss an opportunity to touch her. 2008 September 23, Tony Clink, The Plan: Have Sex Tonight with a Gorgeous Woman in 69 Easy Steps, New York: Citadel Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 27:
It is the specific pacing of escalating kino that is important, not the physical touches. 2007 February 6, Erik von Markovik, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 138: