jumbo
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəʊ/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌmboʊ/
Adjective

jumbo (not comparable)

  1. Especially large or powerful.
Translations
  • Russian: гига́нтский
  • Spanish: colosal
Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

  1. An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
  2. (engineering) A platform-mounted#Adjective|mounted machine#Noun|machine for drill#Verb|drilling rock#Noun|rock.
    Synonyms: drilling jumbo
Translations
  • Spanish: coloso
Translations
  • German: Bohrwagen, Bohrgerätewagen
Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

  1. (paganism, historical) Short for mumbo jumbo#English|mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being#Noun|being worship#Verb|worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).



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