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Definition of jumbo in English: jumbonounPlural jumbos ˈdʒʌmbəʊˈdʒəmboʊ informal 1A very large person or thing. Example sentencesExamples - Brown rather than pink, these jumbos are sculpted out of stone and they support the building.
- Sell a ticket at any price, just don't leave a jumbo idle.
- To playback sounds of galloping, roaring and trumpeting, the horses, lions and jumbos enthralled the parents who had a tough time to spot their tots in the masked group.
- If the jumbo walked away leaving the audience amused, a clown who imitated a rag doll to perfection, left everyone truly amazed.
- Alternatively, a trip to a farmers' market will offer great variety from spruce (the really thin, young stuff for stir-frying) to great big jumbos.
- The presence of the jumbos created terror among the villagers and they fled.
- With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights to save themselves, forget about saving their crops and habitations.
- Smaller than you'd expect and very fragile looking compared to all the jumbos about the place.
- Once in the containers, an injection of antidote gets the jumbos back up on wobbly feet.
- Shrimp ranchero is five jumbos drenched in a stewlike spicy tomato sauce and served with thick tortillas.
Synonyms monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, leviathan, mammoth, monstrosity - 1.1 A very large airliner (originally and specifically a Boeing 747).
Example sentencesExamples - The 12-year-old carrier says it may expand its fleet of 35 jumbo jets and freighters.
- The Boeing jumbo was insured for $1.75 billion, and the company has a cash hoard of more than $1 billion.
- ‘We now have the ability to process the passengers of four jumbo jets simultaneously at the airport,’ he said.
- He offered cash for time on a flight simulator, learning how to handle a jumbo jet, but did not want to learn how to take off and land.
- The two pilots of the jumbo had escaped before the hijackers had reached the cockpit, making it impossible to fly the plane.
- The Department of Transport's latest air accident investigation report reveals details of incidents involving three jumbo jets last year at Heathrow Airport.
- He said there was no indication that the super jumbos, which will seat more than 550 people, would use Dublin Airport regularly.
- Civil transport aircraft, ranging from small turboprops to jumbo jets, move people and goods all over the world.
- Several times a week a Singapore Airlines jumbo leaves Dublin with spare capacity which could accommodate additional high-value, fast-moving consumer goods or components.
- European Aviation, which based three jumbo jets at Manchester and had regular holiday flights to Florida, has announced plans to axe 560 jobs.
- That is equal to two fully loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jets!
- But most importantly I don't want it be something that sounds like a jumbo jet taking off.
- The map is missing the whole continent of Antarctica, even though the airline's jumbos are regularly chartered in summer for tourist overflights of Antarctica's coastline.
- This allowed the Federal Aviation Administration to develop rules for safe spacing between jumbos and smaller aircraft, rules still in effect today.
- By the 1970s, they were thought to be vulnerable to Soviet missiles and were supplemented by converted civil airliners, now 747 jumbo jets.
- Lightplane pilots are faced with virtually the same decision-making tasks as are captains of jumbo jets.
- In his time, Ken has seen his work adorn everything from gable end walls in his home town to the jumbo jets of the Virgin airline.
- Smaller and more versatile aircraft reduce financial and operational risks to airlines, particularly in economic downturns, compared to jumbo jets, he adds.
- Rising high in the ranks of the company, he soon made Captain just after first flying a jumbo jet like the Boeing 747, for example.
- Next time you're at the airport look at a jumbo jet such as the B - 747 or B - 777.
adjectiveˈdʒʌmbəʊˈdʒəmboʊ informal attributive Very large. Example sentencesExamples - Although it is not necessary to soak porridge oats (regular or whole / jumbo oats), it makes for quicker cooking in the morning if you do.
- Did I realise that jumbo rolls of gift-wrap are three-for-the-price-of-two?
- But that's if anyone reads this huge jumbo paragraph.
- And just how many calories are in that jumbo smoothie?
- A group of enterprising Sri Lankans are taking their recycling business to jumbo heights - by turning elephant dung into paper.
- I also propose to reduce the basic customs duty on colour positive films in jumbo rolls and colour negative films in rolls of certain sizes from 15% to 5%.
- It's like a huge jumbo version and even acts the same, drawing moisture to the center of the pad.
- Extensions for the standard and jumbo boxes are available in several heights, including a 6-inch standard box for shallow installations.
- They're the kind where one end is a plug and the other end is a socket, so they all become one jumbo string of lights.
- But did you try watching it after 2 jumbo margaritas?
- Anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 people saw our show in the hall, and uncounted others witnessed it on jumbo video screens scattered around the Olympic Village.
- There are two very giant jumbo television screens here in New York City.
- This is not the time to use jumbo shrimp, small ones will be better here.
- Last week, about 1,500 jumbo squid washed up dead on the shores of Orange County in California.
- I ordered the grilled king prawn & jumbo scallop and the house signature crispy sausage pizza.
- The seafood section is quite exhaustive and includes jumbo prawns.
- The single contaminated batch, consisting of 16 jumbo boxes of chicken weighing 54 kg each was destroyed by department officials.
- The fee for jumbo passports containing 60 pages has gone up.
- But the trend toward jumbo dogs doesn't quite explain why the Labrador retriever is far more popular than other big breeds.
- The main courses with accompaniments included grilled lobster, jumbo prawns, beef wellington, assorted kebabs and vegetable au gratin.
Synonyms large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian huge, enormous, vast, immense, very large, very big, great, massive, cosmic, colossal, prodigious, gigantic, gargantuan, mammoth, monumental, tremendous, stupendous
Origin Early 19th century (originally of a person): probably the second element of mumbo jumbo. Originally denoting a large and clumsy person, the term was popularized as the name of an elephant at London Zoo, sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus. In the early 19th century jumbo was applied to a large and clumsy person. The word became well known when it was used as a name for an elephant at London Zoo. He was sold to the Barnum and Bailey circus in 1882, despite massive public protest. Since 1964 it has referred to a large jet airliner, in particular the Boeing 747.
Rhymes Colombo, dumbo, gumbo, mumbo-jumbo, umbo Definition of jumbo in US English: jumbonounˈdʒəmboʊˈjəmbō informal 1A very large person or thing. Example sentencesExamples - To playback sounds of galloping, roaring and trumpeting, the horses, lions and jumbos enthralled the parents who had a tough time to spot their tots in the masked group.
- Smaller than you'd expect and very fragile looking compared to all the jumbos about the place.
- With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights to save themselves, forget about saving their crops and habitations.
- Sell a ticket at any price, just don't leave a jumbo idle.
- Alternatively, a trip to a farmers' market will offer great variety from spruce (the really thin, young stuff for stir-frying) to great big jumbos.
- Shrimp ranchero is five jumbos drenched in a stewlike spicy tomato sauce and served with thick tortillas.
- Brown rather than pink, these jumbos are sculpted out of stone and they support the building.
- The presence of the jumbos created terror among the villagers and they fled.
- Once in the containers, an injection of antidote gets the jumbos back up on wobbly feet.
- If the jumbo walked away leaving the audience amused, a clown who imitated a rag doll to perfection, left everyone truly amazed.
Synonyms monster, brute, beast, giant, colossus, mountain, behemoth, leviathan, mammoth, monstrosity - 1.1 A very large airliner (originally and specifically a Boeing 747).
Example sentencesExamples - In his time, Ken has seen his work adorn everything from gable end walls in his home town to the jumbo jets of the Virgin airline.
- Next time you're at the airport look at a jumbo jet such as the B - 747 or B - 777.
- Lightplane pilots are faced with virtually the same decision-making tasks as are captains of jumbo jets.
- He offered cash for time on a flight simulator, learning how to handle a jumbo jet, but did not want to learn how to take off and land.
- But most importantly I don't want it be something that sounds like a jumbo jet taking off.
- The two pilots of the jumbo had escaped before the hijackers had reached the cockpit, making it impossible to fly the plane.
- The 12-year-old carrier says it may expand its fleet of 35 jumbo jets and freighters.
- Civil transport aircraft, ranging from small turboprops to jumbo jets, move people and goods all over the world.
- Smaller and more versatile aircraft reduce financial and operational risks to airlines, particularly in economic downturns, compared to jumbo jets, he adds.
- This allowed the Federal Aviation Administration to develop rules for safe spacing between jumbos and smaller aircraft, rules still in effect today.
- The Boeing jumbo was insured for $1.75 billion, and the company has a cash hoard of more than $1 billion.
- European Aviation, which based three jumbo jets at Manchester and had regular holiday flights to Florida, has announced plans to axe 560 jobs.
- Rising high in the ranks of the company, he soon made Captain just after first flying a jumbo jet like the Boeing 747, for example.
- That is equal to two fully loaded Boeing 747 jumbo jets!
- Several times a week a Singapore Airlines jumbo leaves Dublin with spare capacity which could accommodate additional high-value, fast-moving consumer goods or components.
- ‘We now have the ability to process the passengers of four jumbo jets simultaneously at the airport,’ he said.
- The Department of Transport's latest air accident investigation report reveals details of incidents involving three jumbo jets last year at Heathrow Airport.
- By the 1970s, they were thought to be vulnerable to Soviet missiles and were supplemented by converted civil airliners, now 747 jumbo jets.
- He said there was no indication that the super jumbos, which will seat more than 550 people, would use Dublin Airport regularly.
- The map is missing the whole continent of Antarctica, even though the airline's jumbos are regularly chartered in summer for tourist overflights of Antarctica's coastline.
adjectiveˈdʒəmboʊˈjəmbō informal attributive Very large. Example sentencesExamples - I ordered the grilled king prawn & jumbo scallop and the house signature crispy sausage pizza.
- Anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 people saw our show in the hall, and uncounted others witnessed it on jumbo video screens scattered around the Olympic Village.
- The single contaminated batch, consisting of 16 jumbo boxes of chicken weighing 54 kg each was destroyed by department officials.
- The seafood section is quite exhaustive and includes jumbo prawns.
- But that's if anyone reads this huge jumbo paragraph.
- But did you try watching it after 2 jumbo margaritas?
- There are two very giant jumbo television screens here in New York City.
- But the trend toward jumbo dogs doesn't quite explain why the Labrador retriever is far more popular than other big breeds.
- And just how many calories are in that jumbo smoothie?
- The fee for jumbo passports containing 60 pages has gone up.
- Did I realise that jumbo rolls of gift-wrap are three-for-the-price-of-two?
- It's like a huge jumbo version and even acts the same, drawing moisture to the center of the pad.
- Extensions for the standard and jumbo boxes are available in several heights, including a 6-inch standard box for shallow installations.
- Although it is not necessary to soak porridge oats (regular or whole / jumbo oats), it makes for quicker cooking in the morning if you do.
- They're the kind where one end is a plug and the other end is a socket, so they all become one jumbo string of lights.
- The main courses with accompaniments included grilled lobster, jumbo prawns, beef wellington, assorted kebabs and vegetable au gratin.
- I also propose to reduce the basic customs duty on colour positive films in jumbo rolls and colour negative films in rolls of certain sizes from 15% to 5%.
- Last week, about 1,500 jumbo squid washed up dead on the shores of Orange County in California.
- This is not the time to use jumbo shrimp, small ones will be better here.
- A group of enterprising Sri Lankans are taking their recycling business to jumbo heights - by turning elephant dung into paper.
Synonyms large, sizeable, of considerable size, substantial, considerable, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, prodigious, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, epic, mountainous, megalithic, monstrous, brobdingnagian huge, enormous, vast, immense, very large, very big, great, massive, cosmic, colossal, prodigious, gigantic, gargantuan, mammoth, monumental, tremendous, stupendous
Origin Early 19th century (originally of a person): probably the second element of mumbo jumbo. Originally denoting a large and clumsy person, the term was popularized as the name of an elephant at London Zoo, sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus. |