jumbo
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Especially large or powerful.
Noun
- An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
- An elephant.
- A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.
- A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
- Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).
- A wide roll of machine-trimmed paper, ready to be cut into smaller widths.
- Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).
- Alternative form of JuMBO
- Acronym of Jupiter-mass binary object
Proper noun
- A nickname for one or that of a large size
- A nickname for one or that of a small size
- A traditional animal name for an elephant
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