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Definition of Dumdum
1. Noun. A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound.
Definition of Dumdum
1. Noun. A bullet, with a soft nose, that expands upon impact to cause a gaping wound. ¹
2. Noun. An ignorant person, an idiot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumdum
1. a type of bullet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumdum
Literary usage of Dumdum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"Though not actually the scene of revolt in 1857, dumdum was one of the first
places at which the sepoys exhibited symptoms of dissatisfaction. ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Official by James Brown Scott (1920)
"In the dumdum bullet, the jacket leaves a small end of the core uncovered. ...
The wounds made by this dumdum bullet suffice ordinarily to cause a shock ..."
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