dumdum

¹ American  

[duhm-duhm] / ˈdʌmˌdʌm /

noun

1. a hollow-nosed or soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound.

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dumdum ² American  

[duhm-duhm] / ˈdʌmˌdʌm /

noun

1. dum-dum.

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dumdum British  

/ ˈdʌmˌdʌm /

noun

1. Also called: dumdum bullet. a soft-nosed or hollow-nosed small-arms bullet that expands on impact and inflicts extensive laceration

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Etymology

Origin of dumdum

First recorded in 1895–1900; named after Dum-Dum, town in India where the bullets were made

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Example Sentences

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dumdum

Here comes the dumdum who had no idea what we were saying.

From Time ● Oct. 11, 2016

Rowan is still the smart one, and Martin is correctly addressed as a dingaling, a dumdum and a dodo.

From Time Magazine Archive

He’d heard the word so often—mostly from Maria—he’d thought it was only a swear word, like dumdum or cootie face.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

DELCASSE, T., letter denying use of dumdum bullets by French, 376.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various

It has outlawed the dumdum bullet, it has enforced radical sanitary measures, it has neutralized the Red Cross and brought its ministrations to the relief of the sufferings of war.

From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Stephen Francis Weston

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