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dim bulbs

dim bulbs is the plural of dim bulb.

Meaning of dim bulb

Noun

dim bulb (plural dim bulbs)

  1. (informal) A person who is slow-witted or stupid.
    • Dwight Eisenhower was roundly derided by the liberal intelligentsia as a Mr. Malaprop, a golf-playing, crony-loving dim bulb.2001 June 21, Richard Stengel, “Why George Bush is the Brer Rabbit of American Politics”, in Time

Questions about dim bulbs

What is dim bulbs the plural of?
Dim bulbs is the plural of dim bulb.

Words near dim bulbs in the dictionary

  1. Dilzak
  2. Dilzaks
  3. dim
  4. dim and distant
  5. dim bulb
  6. dim bulbs
  7. dim mak
  8. dim out
  9. dim sim
  10. dim sims
  11. dim sum

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