dumdums

Meaning of dumdums

plural noun

a kind of soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact and inflicts laceration.

late 19th century: from Dum Dum, name of a town and arsenal in eastern India where such bullets were first produced.

Information about dumdums

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of dumdums is: dumdum.
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Hyphenation of dumdums

dum-dums

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • dumdums is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with dumdums

papadums, popadums, poppadums, daddums, diddums, mocuddums, smeddums, ledums, sedums, tweedledums, solidums, Alundums, Carborundums, addendums, agendums, avizandums, corundums, cundums, memorandums, notandums, prememorandums, referendums, tenendums, puppodums, vodums, dirdums, durdums

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