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name
Alternative form of Dum Dum (“Indian city”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A soft-nosed or hollow point bullet, or a lead bullet incised on the tip with a cross, which expands on impact to cause a greater than normal wound or impact site.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An ignorant person; an idiot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, endearing
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noun
a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dumdum bullet
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Broader terms: bullet, slug
History
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”).
A reduplication of the adjective dumb, spelled in a "dumb" way (eye dialect).
Across languages
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