- dumbo
- [“dambo]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. someone with large ears. (Also a rude term of address. The name of a cartoon character elephant whose ears were large enough to fly with.)□ Wow, look at that umbo with size twenty ears!□ I better get new glasses, or I’m going to be a dumbo when my head starts growing.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.