an ignorant or foolish person
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American English, "sauce, gravy, thick liquid", from Dutch doop "thick dipping...
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a piece of equipment used in weight training. It can be used individually or in pairs. The forerunner of the dumbbell, halteres, were used in ancient Greece as lifting weights and also as weights in the ancient Greek version of the long jump. A kind of... (46 of 575 words, 5 images)
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a piece of equipment used in weight training | Dumbbell may also refer to: The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula (M27), which is shaped like a dumbbell | Physics: A p atomic orbital has the approximate shape of a pair of lobes on opposite sides of... (45 of 164 words, 8 definitions)
A weight consisting of a short bar with a metal ball or disk at each end that is lifted for muscular development and exercise. | [slang] A stupid ... (27 of 61 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image)
a device usually used in pairs, consisting of round weights joined by a ... | [United States, slang] a stupid person (20 of 45 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image)
[weightlifting] A weight consisting of two disks or spheres attached to a short bar; used for exercise and weight training | [insulting] A stupid person (24 of 28 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image)
a short bar with weights at each end that is used usually in pairs for exercise | a stupid person; "dummy" (20 of 232 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
[gymnastics, weightlifting] an exercising weight consisting of a single bar with a heavy ball or disc at either end | a small wooden object shaped ... (24 of 133 words, 3 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
a short bar with a weight at each end, used typically in pairs for exercise or muscle-building. | [modifier] shaped like a dumbbell | [informal] a ... (24 of 115 words, 3 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
a short metal bar with a weight at both ends that people lift in order to develop their muscles | [United States, informal] a stupid person (25 of 48 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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a gymnastic apparatus consisting of two wooden or metal balls connected by a short bar serving as a handle, used as a weight for exercising. | a ... (26 of 35 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a short bar with a weight on each end that you lift up and down to make your arm and shoulder muscles stronger (23 of 31 words, pronunciation)
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([United States] "dumbbell") [informal] a stupid or silly person (9 of 25 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
any of six or seven species of large tropical seabirds constituting the family Sulidae. They vary in length from about 65 to 85 centimetres. The ... (25 of 240 words, 2 images)
common name for some members of the family Sulidae, large, streamlined sea birds. Tropical and subtropical members of the family are called boobies; ... (23 of 251 words)
an exercise weight in the form of a metal bar with a metal disk or ball at each end | an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's ... (26 of 51 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: 1807
Origin: American English, "sauce, gravy, thick liquid", from Dutch doop "thick dipping sauce", from doopen "to dip" (compare "dip" (verb)). ... (20 of 76 etymology words)
First use: early 19th century
Origin: (in the sense "thick liquid"): from Dutch doop "sauce", from doopen "to dip, mix"
Origin: Dutch doop, sauce, dip, baptism from doopen, to dip from Germanic *dup-, to be deep: see "dimple"
First use: 19th century
Origin: from Dutch doop sauce, from doopen to dip
Origin: Dutch doop, sauce, from doopen, to dip.
First use: 1786
Origin: Dutch doop sauce, from dopen to dip; akin to Old English dyppan to dip
First use: Early 19th century
Origin: Dutch doop "thick dipping sauce" from doopen "dip, mix"
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