jumbo-boom

jum·bo-boom

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Definitions of jumbo-boom word

noun plural jumbo-boom a very large person, animal, or thing. 1
noun plural jumbo-boom jumbo jet. 1
noun plural jumbo-boom U.S. Nautical. a forestaysail having a boom (jumbo boom) along its foot, used especially on schooners. a sail used in place of a course on a square-rigged ship, having the form of an isosceles triangle set apex downward. a narrow triangular sail set point downward in place of a foresail on a topsail schooner. 1
adjective jumbo-boom very large: the jumbo box of cereal. 1

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

First recorded in 1800-10; origin uncertain; popularized as the name of a large elephant purchased and exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1882

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