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bimbo

noun bim·bo \ ˈbim-(ˌ)bō \

Definition of bimbo

plural bimbos
1 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
2 informal, usually disparaging : woman
  • … evidence of how her hubby's been cheating on her with various bimbos
  • —Dan Greenburg
especially : an attractive but stupid woman
  • We didn't want a blond bimbo in that role … we wanted her to be smart.
  • —Hugh Wilson

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Examples of bimbo in a Sentence

  1. Her husband ran off with some bimbo.

  2. a scandal involving a bimbo that effectively ended the congressman's career

Origin and Etymology of bimbo

perhaps from Italian bimbo baby

First Known Use: 1918

in the meaning defined at sense 1

Bimbo

geographical name Bim·bo \ ˈbēm-bō \

Definition of Bimbo

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

BIMBO Defined for English Language Learners

bimbo

noun

Definition of bimbo for English Language Learners

  • : an attractive but stupid woman

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