dum
/dʌm/
dum adjective: cooked with steam. Also the alternative spelling of dumb.
Adjective
dum (not comparable)
- cooked with steam
Interjection
- Syllable used when humming a tune.
- I like to hang out with friends and travel the world. But if there's one thing I really love, it's Doctor Who. Dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum. Whooo-eee-oooo dum de dum, de dum de dum.2012, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Who is the Doctor
Proper noun capitalized: Dum
Dum
- A surname.
Also used as
dum is also the alternative spelling of dumb.
dum is also the pronunciation spelling of damn.
dum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dum in Hindi
- डम
dum in Tamil
- டம்
dum in Urdu
- ڈم
More languagesFewer languages
- dum in Telugu
- డమ్, దమ్
- dum in Kannada
- ಡಮ್, ದಮ್, ಡುಮ್
- dum in Punjabi
- ਡੰਮ, ਡਮ, ਡੱਮ
- dum in Gujarati
- ડમ
- dum in Nepali
- डम
Origin of dum
From Hindi दम (dam).
Phrases with dum
Words that rhyme with dum
Questions about dum
- What does dum mean?
- Dum means cooked with steam.
- What is dum in Hindi?
- Dum in Hindi is डम. See Dum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dum?
- Dum can be an adjective, an interjection or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dum?
- Dum is pronounced /dʌm/.
Words near dum in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dum (page history and authors); Dum (page history and authors); dum (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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