Jumbo

Quick meaning: Jumbo is an adjective meaning Especially large or powerful.

Meaning

Especially large or powerful.

More Meanings

1. An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
2. (India, Kenya) An elephant.
3. (engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.
4. (British English) A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
5. (Western Pennsylvania) Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).
6. A wide roll of machine-trimmed paper, ready to be cut into smaller widths.
7. (paganism, historical) Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).

Example Sentences

a jumbo helping

Not only did Jumbo-mania make [Phineas Taylor] Barnum a jumbo profit, but the word "jumbo" entered the English language.

At Bucyrus, Ohio, M. C. Coulter this season has demonstrated that he can grow a nice crop of the jumbo variety of peanuts.

Of the receipts of unshelled peanuts only a few extras are now being bought, the remainder being divided rather equally between jumbo and fancy grades.

Word Forms

• jumbos

Synonyms for jumbo

Depending on context, synonyms include bologna, large, big, elephantine, gargantuan, giant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include giant, gargantuan, big, large, elephantine, jack.

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