MUMBO JUMBO
\mˈʌmbə͡ʊ d͡ʒˈʌmbə͡ʊ], \mˈʌmbəʊ dʒˈʌmbəʊ], \m_ˈʌ_m_b_əʊ dʒ_ˈʌ_m_b_əʊ]\
Definitions of MUMBO JUMBO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
By Princeton University
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a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose; hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo.
By Noah Webster.
