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bimbo

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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

bimbo Synonyms

Synonyms
floozy [slang], chippie (also chippy), doxy (also doxie), fancy woman, hoochie [slang], hussy, Jezebel, minx, quean, slut, tramp, trollop, wench, whore
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siren, temptress, vamp; grisette, harlot, prostitute, trull

Bimbo

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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

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Definition of bimbo for English Language Learners

  • : an attractive but stupid woman

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