dum-dumn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌmdʌm/, U.S.

/ˈdəmˌdəm/

Forms: Also Dum Dum, Dum-Dum.

Etymology: < Dum-Dum, name of a town and arsenal near Kolkata, where they were first produced.

In full dum-dum bullet: a metal-cased bullet with a soft core uncovered at the point, which expands on impact.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

rifle bolt1849

Minié ball1851

Minié1852

expanding bullet1859

navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

1897 Westm. Gaz. 14 Dec. 7/3 The piper hero, Findlater, was wounded in the ankle with a Dum Dum bullet.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 9/2 It is impossible that the Kaiser can know or approve of the adoption of the dum-dum.

1968 Peace News 12 Apr. 8/3 Dum-dum bullets were outlawed by 22–2 votes.

1970 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 3/7 Use of the dum-dum has been classified as a war crime by a number of international conventions, including the Hague Declaration of 1907.

Derivatives

ˈdum-dum v. transitive to convert into a dum-dum bullet.

ΚΠ

1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 3/1 That the War Office authorities are not responsible directly for Dum-dumming the Lee-Metford bullets.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 6/1 Any man can ‘Dum-Dum’ his own cartridges in a very few minutes by merely filing the nickel envelope off the nose of the bullet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dum-dum
释义	dum-dumn. Brit. /ˈdʌmdʌm/, U.S. /ˈdəmˌdəm/ Forms: Also Dum Dum, Dum-Dum. Etymology: < Dum-Dum, name of a town and arsenal near Kolkata, where they were first produced. In full dum-dum bullet: a metal-cased bullet with a soft core uncovered at the point, which expands on impact. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 1897 Westm. Gaz. 14 Dec. 7/3 The piper hero, Findlater, was wounded in the ankle with a Dum Dum bullet. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 Mar. 9/2 It is impossible that the Kaiser can know or approve of the adoption of the dum-dum. 1968 Peace News 12 Apr. 8/3 Dum-dum bullets were outlawed by 22–2 votes. 1970 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 3/7 Use of the dum-dum has been classified as a war crime by a number of international conventions, including the Hague Declaration of 1907. Derivatives ˈdum-dum v. transitive to convert into a dum-dum bullet. ΚΠ 1898 Westm. Gaz. 25 Mar. 3/1 That the War Office authorities are not responsible directly for Dum-dumming the Lee-Metford bullets. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 6/1 Any man can ‘Dum-Dum’ his own cartridges in a very few minutes by merely filing the nickel envelope off the nose of the bullet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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