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Word: Dumdum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Dum Dum, name of a town and arsenal in eastern India where such bullets were first produced
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʌmdʌm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a kind of soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact and inflicts laceration.
Short Definition:kind of soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact
Variant Forms:
- dumdum bullet
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