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bumbo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
bum-bo
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.

Uncountable

Etymology

Perhaps from Italian (baby-talk) bombo (“drink”), of imitative origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

bombo (alternative) bumboo (alternative)

Rhymes With

jumbo colombo dumbo gumbo mumbo jumbo trumbo umbo rumbo

Questions

What does bumbo mean?
A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.
Where does bumbo come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce bumbo

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