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Definition: Dumdum |
DumdumNoun1. A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: DumdumSynonym: dumdum bullet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Ammunition; powder, powder and shot; cartridge; ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball; "villainous saltpeter"; dumdum bullet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "dumdum": Dumdum bullet ♦ dumdum fever. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dumdum | 5 |
boy dumdum | 3 |
dumdum fragm | 2 |
dumdum sucker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dumdum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | plumb dum-dum. (various references) | |
Arabic | عيار ناري (cartridge, gunshots, shot, slug), رصاص (buckshot, lead), دمدم (growl, grumble, mump, murmur, mutter, rumble). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | дум-дум. (various references) | |
French | dum-dum. (various references) | |
Greek | εκρηκτική σφαίρα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | קליע (bullet, missile, shot). (various references) | |
Hungarian | dumdum lövedék (dumb-dumb). (various references) | |
Indonesian | peluru dumdum. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umdumday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dum-dum. (various references) | |
Romanian | glonte dum-dum. (various references) | |
Russian | пуля дум-дум. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | budala (bullhead, cockeye, cuckoo, dolt, fool, gaby, gawk, half wit, jackass, josser, nincompoop, ninny, ninny-hammer, sap, tomfool). (various references) | |
Spanish | bala dum dum. (various references) | |
Swedish | dumdumkula (dumdum bullet). (various references) | |
Thai | กระสุนปืน (bullet). (various references) | |
Turkish | dumdum kurşunu (deer-shot, dumdum bullet). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | куля "дум-дум", бовдур (beef-head, beetle-head, blunt, bufflehead, chump, doodle, goon, leather-head, noodle, wooden-head). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dumdum": dumdums. (additional references) | |
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"Dumdum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adsurdum, aduncum, Danjuma, dinkum, Drumdow, duddu, dudem, dudu, du-du, Duduc, Dundon, Duntulm, duodu, Idundun, mundum, tumtum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-m-m-u-u" | |
-2 letters: mumu. | |
-3 letters: dud, mud, mum, umm. | |
-4 letters: mm, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-m-m-u-u" | |
+1 letter: dumdums. | |
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