bimbo

noun

bim·​bo ˈbim-(ˌ)bō How to pronounce bimbo (audio)
plural bimbos
1
informal + disparaging : woman
especially : an attractive but vacuous woman
2
dated slang, usually disparaging : man, fellow
… no recently engaged bimbo cares to discover that he was not the little woman's first choice.P. G. Wodehouse

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With her rich husband and expensive clothes, Pelosi was assumed by many of her new colleagues to be a dilettante or even a bimbo. Molly Ball, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Italian bimbo baby

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of bimbo was in 1918

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“Bimbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bimbo. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

Geographical Definition

Bimbo

geographical name

Bim·​bo ˈbēm-bō How to pronounce Bimbo (audio)
town, the second most populous in the Central African Republic, located south-southwest of Bangui on the Ubangi River across from the Democratic Republic of the Congo population 124,000

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