DUM-DUM Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

dum-dum

noun

ˈdəm-ˌdəm

Definition of dum-dum

as in idiot

a stupid person he's no dum-dum—he made his first million by 25

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Recent Examples of dum-dum But Williams, often shirtless (and that’s not a bad thing), gets laughs as a dum-dum who speaks in a very high, piping voice. — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023 Somewhere out there was a family of blond dum-dums who inexplicably ended up with a brunette genius. — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025 As such, the political commentary goes too broad, accusing the public of being dum-dums and filing the tired charge that politicians are phony. — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 In the movie’s early scenes, while Buckley’s Agnes is busy tossing her hair in witch-of-the-woods fashion, his William is a truly believable lovestruck dum-dum. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 27 Nov. 2025

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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.

— Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026

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Beating one defender with a dummy, Belghali slalomed infield before beating Alexander Schlager with a high near-post finish, rifled into the Austria net.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
The current dummy, dating back in part to 2001, is constructed from 116 rubber discs connected by steel parts all held together by a frame of wires and supported overhead by a separate metal structure.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026

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