dumdum · noun1
- Hindi · derived fromदम दम
- English todaydumdum
From Dum Dum, a city in India where the type of bullet was developed, from Hindi दम दम (dam dam) (Bengali দমদম (domodom)), from Hindi दमदमा (damadmā, “tenaille, a raised mound or battery”).
dumdum · noun2
A reduplication of the adjective dumb.
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