Dumb

  • 101dumb waiter — dumb waiters also dumbwaiter N COUNT A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another …

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  • 102dumb as a post — Someone s who s as dumb as a post is very stupid, like a fencepost …

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  • 103dumb as a rock — If you are dumb as a rock, you have no common sense and are stupid …

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  • 104dumb show — dumb′ show n. 1) sbz a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama 2) gestures without speech • Etymology: 1555–65 dumb′ show , adj …

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  • 105dumb-bell — ► NOUN 1) a short bar with a weight at each end, used for exercise or muscle building. 2) informal a stupid person. ORIGIN originally denoting an object similar to that used to ring a church bell (but without the bell, so ‘dumb’) …

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  • 106dumb-bell — dumbˈ bell noun 1. A double headed weight swung in the hands to develop the muscles 2. Any object or figure of the same shape 3. A stupid person (US) • • • Main Entry: ↑dumb …

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  • 107dumb-cane — dumbˈ cane noun A tropical American araceous plant (Dieffenbachia seguine) whose juice contains crystals of calcium oxalate which cause swelling of the tongue • • • Main Entry: ↑dumb …

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  • 108dumb-cluck — dumbˈ cluck noun A fool (orig US; same as ↑cluck) • • • Main Entry: ↑dumb …

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  • 109dumb terminal — noun (computing) An input or output terminal that has no independent processing capability • • • Main Entry: ↑dumb …

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  • 110dumb´found´ing|ly — dumb|found «DUHM FOWND», transitive verb. = dumfound. (Cf. ↑dumfound) –dumb´found´ing|ly, adverb …

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