English Explanatory Dictionary

dumdum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact to cause a gaping wound.
noun
  1. An ignorant person; an idiot.
name
  1. Alternative form of Dum Dum (“Indian city”).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dumdum.wav

Word forms

dumdum dumdums dum-dum dum dum dumb dumb dumb-dumb dumbdumb

Etymology

From Dum Dum, a city in India where the type of bullet was developed, from Hindi दम दम (dam dam) (Bengali দমদম (domodom)), from Hindi दमदमा (damadmā, “tenaille, a raised mound or battery”).

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