Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dumby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: dum-by
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of dummy (“stupid person”).

noun

Archaic form of dummy (“hand shown to be played from by another player”).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"1910, John McElroy (1846-1929), Si Klegg "Ketch what? Great grief, ketch what?" groaned Si. "They've already ketched everything in this mortal world that was ketchable. Now what are they goin' to ketch?" "Why, the smallpox, you dumby," said the Surgeon irritably. "Don't you know that we are terribly afraid of a visitation of smallpox to the army? […]"
"The Women's Lib underground biweekly It Ain't Me, Babe, put out by six young women who are all cartoonists and all mad at male cartoonists who draw women as nags, vultures, or dumbies."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

dumbies (plural)

Questions

What does dumby mean?: Alternative form of dummy (“stupid person”).

How to pronounce dumby

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