jumbo (redirected from Jumbo the Circus Elephant)

jum·bo  (jmb)

n. pl. jum·bos

An unusually large person, animal, or thing.

adj.

Unusually large: jumbo shrimp; a jumbo jet.

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[After Jumbo, a large elephant exhibited by P.T. Barnum, probably from slang, clumsy person.]

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jumbo [ˈdʒʌmbəʊ]

n pl -bos

1. Informal

a.  a very large person or thing

b.  (as modifier) a jumbo box of detergent

2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) See jumbo jet

[after the name of a famous elephant exhibited by P. T. Barnum, from Swahili jumbe chief]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jumbo - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" elephantine, gargantuan, giant big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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jumbo

adjective giant, large, huge, immense, mega (informal), gigantic, oversized, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a jumbo box of tissues
baby, tiny, pocket, mini, wee, dwarf, micro

Translations

jumbo [ˈdʒʌmbəʊ]

A. N

1. (= elephant) → elefante/a m/f

2. = jumbo jet

B. ADJ (also jumbo sized) → gigante, de tamaño extra

C. CPD jumbo jet N → jumbo m

jumbo [ˈdʒʌmbəʊ]

adj [shrimp, prawn] → géant(e); [packet] → géant(e)
jumbo size → format maxi

n (also jumbo jet) → jumbo-jet m, gros-porteur m
jumbo jet n → jumbo-jet m, gros-porteur m
jumbo pack n

(= packet) → paquet m géant

[bottles, cans] → emballage m géant

jumbo

n

(inf) → Jumbo m (inf)

(= jumbo jet) → Jumbo(jet) m

jumbo [ˈdʒʌmbəʊ]

1. adj (fam) → maxi inv
jumbo size → formato gigante

2. n (also jumbo jet) → jumbo m inv (jet m inv)