lulu

Noun (1)

lulu (plural lulus)

1. (slang) A remarkable person, object, or idea.
   • Look out for that first step. It's a lulu.1943, Looney Tunes, Jack-wabbit and the Beanstalk, spoken by The Giant
   • The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam^([sic]) rink. I mean the worst. And there were some lulus, too.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 167

   Synonyms:

   exception, ace, innovation, champion, comedy, surprise, doozie, humdinger

2. (slang) A very attractive or alluring person.

   Synonyms:

   babe, beauty, cutie, doll, stunner

   Antonyms:

   dog, fright, monster, monstrosity, sight

3. (slang) A very bad mistake or error.

   Synonyms:

   aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure

Noun (2)

lulu (plural lulus)

1. (slang) A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Lulu

IPA/ˈluːluː/

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

1. A female given name.
   • "Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500
   • There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett
   1. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, and Lucille.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lulu

IPA/ˈluːluː/

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

1. A female given name from Chinese.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Lulu

IPA/ˈluːluː/

Lulu (plural Lulus)

1. A unisex given name from Arabic.
   1. A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl.

Noun (3) capitalized: LULU

LULU (plural LULUs)

1. Locally unwanted land use.