dumbo
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dumbo¹
- /ˈdʌmbəʊ/ UK
- /ˈdʌmboʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌmbəʊ
noun dumbos
- A stupid person. Darman, to my astonishment, spent the evening telling me what an idiot Ronald Reagan was. Airhead. Dumbo.
DUMBO²
Where it comes from
Acronym of Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
proper noun Dumbo
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A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York city, New York state, United States;
Similar: Gairville
Dumbo³
Where it comes from
See DUMBO.
proper noun
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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 commute
Similar: Gairville
Dumbo⁴
proper noun
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A town in Bié Province, Angola.
Similar: Mandume
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