Meaning of dumdum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact to cause a gaping wound.
2. An ignorant person; an idiot.
   childish, endearing

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Examples

“He related to us how the savages make bullets from the heart of a very hard wood cured by a special process. These bullets are only effectual when fired from a short range, and when they lodge in the flesh they explode like dumdum bullets.”

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