dumdum (redirected from dumdum bullets)

dum·dum  (dmdm)

n.

A hollow-point small-arms bullet designed to expand upon impact, inflicting a gaping wound.

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[After Dum Dum, a town of northeast India.]

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dumdum [ˈdʌmˌdʌm]

n

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a soft-nosed or hollow-nosed small-arms bullet that expands on impact and inflicts extensive laceration Also called dumdum bullet

[named after Dum-Dum, town near Calcutta where these bullets were made]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dumdum - a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound dumdum bullet bullet, slug - a projectile that is fired from a gun

Translations

dumdum (bullet)

n → Dumdum(geschoss) nt