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jumbo noun /ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/ /ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/ (plural jumbos) (also jumbo jet) jump to other results - a large plane that can carry several hundred passengers, especially a Boeing 747Topics Transport by airc1
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally of a person): probably the second element of mumbo-jumbo. Originally denoting a large and clumsy person, the term became popular as the name of an elephant at London Zoo, which was sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus.
jumbo adjective /ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/ /ˈdʒʌmbəʊ/ [only before noun] (informal) jump to other results - very large; larger than usual
- a jumbo pack of cornflakes
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJumbo is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally of a person): probably the second element of mumbo-jumbo. Originally denoting a large and clumsy person, the term became popular as the name of an elephant at London Zoo, which was sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus.
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