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Meaning of dumbo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈdʌmbəʊ

Definitions

  1. A stupid person.
  2. A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York city, New York state, United States;
  3. A town in Bié Province, Angola.

Examples

“Darman, to my astonishment, spent the evening telling me what an idiot Ronald Reagan was. Airhead. Dumbo.”
“P.S. 8’s zone was expansive, stretching across Brooklyn Heights under the Manhattan bridge to the Dumbo neighborhood and Vinegar Hill, the neighborhood around P.S. 307. […] But gentrification overtook Dumbo, which hugs the East River and provides breathtaking views of the skyline and a quick commute to Manhattan.”

CEFR level

C2
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