dull roarn. a relatively quiet degree of nois-
iness. Hey, simmer down to a dull roar!
Try to keep it at a dull roar if you can.
dullsville[“d@lzvIl] 1. n. a dull place.
This place is just dullsville! Home is
dullsville to a teenager. 2. n. something
dull. The lecture was downtown
dullsville for sure. When each movie I
see turns into dullsville, I want to give up
seeing them.
dumb-ass and stupid-ass 1. mod. stupid;
dumb. That was a real dumb-ass thing
to do. 2. n. a stupid person. (Rude and de-
rogatory.) Don’t be such a dumb-ass!
You know what I mean!
dumbbelln. a stupid oaf. (Also a rude term
of address.) Look, dumbbell, pay at-
tention! I’m afraid I come on like a
dumbbell sometimes.
dumb bunnyn. a stupid person; an oaf.
Who’s the dumb bunny in the double-
knits? Don’t be a dumb bunny. Pay at-
tention to what’s going on.
dumb cluckn. a stupid oaf; a person as stu-
pid as a chicken. Sally is not a dumb
cluck, but she is sort of slow. What a
dumb cluck!
dumb-dodo[“d@m”dodo] n. a very stupid
person. What a dumb-dodo you are!
I’m no dumb-dodo!
dumb Doran. a stupid woman; a giddy
woman. I’m no dumb Dora. I’m just
learning. Who’s the dumb Dora with the
blonde hair and long fingernails?
dumb-dumb and dum-dumn. a stupid
oaf; a dullard. You can be such a dumb-
dumb without even trying. Marvin is no
dum-dum. He just looks that way.
dumbheadn. a stupid person. Bob is no
dumbhead, but he sure is strange. I’m
no dumbhead. Just a little slow.
dumbo[“d@mbo] 1. n. a stupid oaf. (Also
a rude term of address.) Say, dumbo,
could you move out of the way? Who’s
the dumbo in the plaid pants? 2. n. some-
one with large ears. (Also a rude term of
address. The name of a cartoon charac-
ter elephant whose ears were large
enough to fly with.) Wow, look at that
dumbo with size twenty ears! I better get
new glasses, or I’m going to be a dumbo
when my head starts growing.
dumb oxn. a large and stupid person, usu-
ally a man. What does that dumb ox
want? Do you think I’m going to argue
with that big dumb ox?
dumbshit 1. n. a very stupid person. (Rude
and derogatory.) He’s a dumbshit. He
can’t do any better than that. 2. mod. stu-
pid; dumb. (Usually objectionable.)
That was really a dumbshit thing to do.
dumbski[“d@mski] 1. n. a stupid person.
He’s not the dumbski he seems to be.
They used to think Gert was a dumbski.- mod. stupid; dumb. What a dumb-
ski jerk! It is not a dumbski idea!
dum-dumGo to dumb-dumb.
dummy 1. n. an empty liquor or beer bot-
tle. Toss your dummies over here, and
I’ll put them in the bin. That was a sixty
dummy party. I counted. 2. n. a cigarette
butt. The tramp collected dummies un-
til he had enough for a smoke. The guy
tossed a dummy out the window of his car. - n. a stupid person. (Rude and derog-
atory.) Don’t be such a dummy. I’m
no dummy! 4. n. the penis. (Usually ob-
jectionable.) He held his hands over his
dummy and ran for the bedroom.
dummy upin. to refuse to talk. (Under-
world. See also clam up.) Tra c y d u m -
mied up when they got her into the station.
Rocko dummied up right away. He’s a
real thoroughbred.
dump 1. tv. & in. to empty one’s stomach;
to vomit. He ran straight to the john
and dumped his dinner. She turned
green, and I knew she was going to dump. - in. to defecate. (Usually objectionable.
See also dump one’s load.) He
dumped and then came back. He said
he had to dump. 3. n. an act of defecation.
(Usually objectionable.) He said he
needed a dump. He had a dump and
then came back. 4. n. a low or cheap es-
tablishment; a joint. I want out of this
dump. My mama didn’t raise me to
spend the rest of my days in a run-down
dump like this.
dull roar