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dumbdumb

dumbdumb is the alternative form of dumdum.

Meaning of dumdum

Noun (1)

dumdum (plural dumdums)

  1. A soft-nosed or hollow point bullet, or a lead bullet incised on the tip with a cross, which expands on impact to cause a greater than normal wound or impact site.
    • From all accounts it was one of the fiercest fights of the campaign, conducted with great determination and conspicuous bravery. The fact that the rebel leader was an ex-Major on the Permanent Force Staff probably had not a little to do with the serious nature of the fighting, for the Loyalists...1915, Philip J. Sampson, Capture of De Wet: The South African Rebellion, 1914, E. Arnold, page 188

Noun (2)

dumdum (plural dumdums)

  1. (childish, endearing) An ignorant person; an idiot.
    • You nervous about tomorrow?
      No.
      Oh, you're, like, freaking out.
      Kind of.
      Well, hey, just remember they recruited you. So just, you know, keep your pants on and don't curse so much, and you'll be fine.
      I have to keep my pants on at the interview, really?
      Yeah, call me old-fashioned, but...
      It's just...2017, Dennis Saldua, “That's My Sweatshirt” (1:50 from the start), in Michael Patrick Jann, director, Atypical, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Evan, Casey (Graham Rogers, Jack Haven (credited as...

Forms of dumbdumb

pluraldumbdumbs

Questions about dumbdumb

What is dumbdumb the alternative form of?
Dumbdumb is the alternative form of dumdum.

Words near dumbdumb in the dictionary

  1. dumbcow
  2. dumbcowed
  3. dumbcowing
  4. dumbcows
  5. dumbdom
  6. dumbdumb
  7. dumbdumbs
  8. dumbec
  9. dumbecs
  10. dumbed
  11. dumbed down

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