Associations to the word «Dumdum»

Wiktionary

DUMDUM, noun. A bullet, with a soft nose, that expands upon impact to cause a gaping wound.
DUMDUM, noun. An ignorant person, an idiot

Dictionary definition

DUMDUM, noun. A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope