"bimbo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪmbəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɪmboʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-bimbo.ogg Forms: bimbos [plural], bimboes [plural]
enPR: bĭm'bō [US] Rhymes: -ɪmbəʊ Etymology: From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|bimbo||a child, a male baby}} Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} bimbo (plural bimbos or bimboes)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: airhead, bimbette, floozie Translations (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence): кифла (kifla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 小妞 (xiǎoniū) (Chinese Mandarin), barbína [feminine] (Czech), bimbo (Finnish), ravissante idiote [feminine] (French), gourde sexy [feminine] (French), pitoune [Quebec, feminine] (French), Tussi [feminine] (German), Betthäschen [neuter] (German), χαζογκόμενα (chazogkómena) [feminine] (Greek), פרחה [feminine] (Hebrew), maca (Hungarian), liba (Hungarian), tyúk (Hungarian), oca giuliva [feminine] (Italian), słodka idiotka [feminine] (Polish), karyna [Internet, feminine, slang] (Polish), lalunia [feminine] (Polish), blachara [feminine] (Polish), фифа (fifa) [feminine] (Russian), mujer florero [feminine] (Spanish), bimbo [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bimbo-en-noun-WCOHx~O4 Disambiguation of People: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence': 98 2
  2. (derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person. Tags: derogatory, slang Translations (stupid or foolish person): trouba [masculine] (Czech), trubec [masculine] (Czech), idiot [masculine] (French), andouille [masculine] (French), couillon [masculine] (French), neuneu [masculine] (French), Idiot (German), Dummkopf (German), fajankó (Hungarian), bunkó (Hungarian), tuskó (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-bimbo-en-noun-ETUkCRr3 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'stupid or foolish person': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bambino

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bambino"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: himbo"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1972, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, Last Tango in Paris, spoken by Paul (Marlon Brando):",
          "text": "Anyway, to make a long, dull story even duller, I come from a time when a guy like me used to come into a joint like this and pick up a young chick like you and… call her a ‘bimbo’.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "a. 1992, P. J. O’Rourke, a sketch\nA bimbo is a woman who is not pretty enough to be a model, not smart enough to be an actress, and not nice enough to be a poisonous snake."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 May 3, Anthony Lane, “Looney Tunes”, in The New Yorker:",
          "text": "[Tina] Fey […] makes hay with the thought processes of a purebred bimbo: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, slang) A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "airhead"
        },
        {
          "word": "bimbette"
        },
        {
          "word": "floozie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:",
          "text": "And one had to remember that most of the bimbos to whom Roberta Wickham had been giving the bird through the years had been of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' type, fellows who had more or less shot their bolt after saying 'Eh, what?' and slapping their leg with a hunting crop.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIII:",
          "text": "Isn't he the bimbo who took the bread out of the mouths of the Thursday Review people? Chuck the blighter out of the window and we want to see him bounce.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stupid or foolish person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪmbəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "bĭm'bō",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪmboʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bimbo.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/En-us-bimbo.ogg/En-us-bimbo.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/En-us-bimbo.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmbəʊ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kifla",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кифла"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎoniū",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "word": "小妞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barbína"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "word": "bimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ravissante idiote"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gourde sexy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pitoune"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tussi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Betthäschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chazogkómena",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χαζογκόμενα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פרחה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "word": "maca"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "word": "liba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "word": "tyúk"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oca giuliva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "słodka idiotka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "karyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lalunia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blachara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fifa",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фифа"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mujer florero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trouba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trubec"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "andouille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couillon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neuneu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "Idiot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "Dummkopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "fajankó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "bunkó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "stupid or foolish person",
      "word": "tuskó"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Variety (magazine)"
  ],
  "word": "bimbo"
}

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