Definitions for jumboˈdʒʌm boʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jum•boˈdʒʌm boʊ(n.; adj.)(pl.)-bos

  1. (n.)a person, animal, or thing very large of its kind.

    Category: Informal

  2. (adj.)very large:

    the jumbo box of cereal.

    Category: Informal

Origin of jumbo:

1800–10; orig. uncert.; popularized as the name of a large elephant purchased and exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1882

Princeton's WordNet

  1. elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo(adj)

    of great mass; huge and bulky

    "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

Wiktionary

  1. jumbo(Noun)

    An especially large or powerful person, animal or thing.

  2. jumbo(Noun)

    A popular name for an elephant.

  3. jumbo(Adjective)

    Especially large or powerful.


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