Review: Arby's - Gyro. 1  Arby's Gyros (pronounced year-oh and not guy-ro) come with either thin-sliced roast turkey or beef along with Greek seasoning, tzatziki sauce, sliced red onions, shredded lettuce, and sliced tomatoes, folded inside of a pita. I had a coupon where they were two for $6 so I got one with turkey and one with beef.
By Richard Nordquist. Definition: A word coined or used for a special occasion. A compound construction made up for a particular occasion is sometimes called a nonce compound.As Thomas Kane notes below, nonce compounds (e.g., an anti-everything-wrong organization) are usually hyphenated. See also: 1  Buzzword. 2  Mountweazel. word coined or used for a special occasion. A compound construction made up for a particular occasion is sometimes called a nonce compound. As Thomas Kane notes below, nonce compounds (e.g., an anti-everything-wrong organization) are usually hyphenated. See also: 1  Buzzword.
1 Made up or consisting of several parts or elements: a compound noun. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  The new company about to be born will have a compound name. 2  When you have two different elements, there are usually only two words in the compound name. A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture: the air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  Now the sophistication of the device has authorities pretty rattled, especially as a unique mixture of explosive compounds was involved.