Meanings
bimbo1
plural bimbos · plural bimboes
- derogatoryslangA physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.
a. 1992, P. J. O’Rourke, a sketch A bimbo is a woman who is not pretty enough to be a model, not smart enough to be an actress, and not nice enough to be a poisonous snake.
2 more examples
Anyway, to make a long, dull story even duller, I come from a time when a guy like me used to come into a joint like this and pick up a young chick like you and… call her a ‘bimbo’.
[1972, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, Last Tango in Paris, spoken by Paul (Marlon Brando)[Tina] Fey […] makes hay with the thought processes of a purebred bimbo: […]
2004 May 3, Anthony Lane, “Looney Tunes”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2017 - datedderogatoryslangA stupid or foolish person.
Who is this bimbo, Barney? Is he a regular customer or what?
2012, Moonrise Kingdom (film)2 more examples
And one had to remember that most of the bimbos to whom Roberta Wickham had been giving the bird through the years had been of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' type, fellows who had more or less shot their bolt after saying 'Eh, what?' and slapping their leg with a hunting crop.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IIIIsn't he the bimbo who took the bread out of the mouths of the Thursday Review people? Chuck the blighter out of the window and we want to see him bounce.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIII
BIMBO2
plural BIMBOs
- abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of buy-in management buyout.
Bimbo3
- A city in the Central African Republic.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.
Origin
- Italianbimbo“a child, a male baby”
- Englishbimbo
From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ки́фла
- ки́фла (kífla)physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Chinese Mandarin 小妞
- 小妞 (xiǎoniū)physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Czech barbína, trouba
- barbínaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- troubastupid or foolish person
- trubecstupid or foolish person
Finnish bimbo
- bimbophysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
French bimbo, ravissante idiote
- bimbophysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- ravissante idiotephysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- gourde sexyphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- pitounephysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- idiotstupid or foolish person
- andouillestupid or foolish person
- couillonstupid or foolish person
- neuneustupid or foolish person
German Tussi, Betthäschen
- Tussiphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- Betthäschenphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- Idiotstupid or foolish person
- Dummkopfstupid or foolish person
Greek χαζογκόμενα
- χαζογκόμενα (chazogkómena)physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Hebrew פרחה
- פרחהphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Hungarian maca, liba
- macaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- libaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- tyúkphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- fajankóstupid or foolish person
- bunkóstupid or foolish person
- tuskóstupid or foolish person
Italian oca giuliva
- oca giulivaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Polish słodka idiotka, karyna
- słodka idiotkaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- karynaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- laluniaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
- blacharaphysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Russian фифа
- фифа (fifa)physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Spanish mujer florero
- mujer florerophysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Swedish bimbo
- bimbophysically attractive woman who lacks intelligence
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bimbo
All rhymes →Cite this entry
bimbo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimbo
“bimbo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimbo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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