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dum

The correct spelling is dum.

How to pronounce dum

adjective

IPA: /dʌm/

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The correct spelling is dum. Cooked with steam For example: "His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language."

Usage Examples

His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.

dumb show

You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!

Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.Cooked with steam
  2. 2.Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
  3. 3.Silent; unaccompanied by words.
  4. 4.(especially of a person) Extremely stupid.
  5. 5.Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

interjection

  1. 1.Syllable used when humming a tune.

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