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dumbo

UK/ˈdʌmbəʊ/US/ˈdʌmboʊ/

dumbo noun: a stupid person.

Noun

dumbo (plural dumbos)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A stupid person.
    • Darman, to my astonishment, spent the evening telling me what an idiot Ronald Reagan was. Airhead. Dumbo.2000 March 17, Lance Morrow, “It’s How the President’s Brain Is Wired That’s Key”, in Time

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Dumbo

Dumbo

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of DUMBO (“a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York city, New York state, United States”).
    • P.S. 8’s zone was expansive, stretching across Brooklyn Heights under the Manhattan bridge to the Dumbo neighborhood and Vinegar Hill, the neighborhood around P.S. 307. […] But gentrification overtook Dumbo, which hugs the East River and provides breathtaking views of the skyline and a quick...2016 June 9, Nikole Hannah-Jones, “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City”, in The New York Times Magazine
    Synonyms:
    Gairville

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Dumbo

Dumbo

  1. A town in Bié Province, Angola.
    Synonyms:
    Mandume

Proper noun (3) capitalized: DUMBO

DUMBO

  1. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York city, New York state, United States;
    Synonyms:
    Gairville

Synonyms of dumbo

Forms of dumbo

Noun
pluraldumbos
Proper noun
alternative formDumbo

Origin of dumbo

From dumb + -o.

See DUMBO.

Acronym of Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.

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Questions about dumbo

What does dumbo mean?
Dumbo means a stupid person.
What part of speech is dumbo?
Dumbo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dumbo?
Dumbo is pronounced /ˈdʌmbəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of dumbo?
The plural of dumbo is dumbos.

Words near dumbo in the dictionary

  1. dumbly
  2. dumbness
  3. dumbnesses
  4. dumbnut
  5. dumbnuts
  6. dumbo
  7. dumbo ear
  8. dumbo ears
  9. dumbo octopus
  10. dumbo octopuses
  11. dumbo-eared

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dumbo (page history and authors); Dumbo (page history and authors); DUMBO (page history and authors). 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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