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Yes. The word bimbo is a Scrabble US word. The word bimbo is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is bimbo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bimbo is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

BIMBO,

4-letter words (1 found)

BOMB,

3-letter words (8 found)

BIB,BIO,BOB,BOI,MIB,MOB,MOI,OBI,

2-letter words (8 found)

BI,BO,IO,MI,MO,OB,OI,OM,

You can make 18 words from bimbo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of bimbo

bimbo

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪmbəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: bĭm'bō, IPA(key): /ˈbɪmboʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmbəʊ

Noun

bimbo (plural bimbos or bimboes)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence.
    Synonyms: airhead, bimbette, floozie
    Coordinate term: himbo
    • a. 1992, P. J. O’Rourke, a sketch
      A 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.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • bambino

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Words from Variety

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bimbo, from Italian bimbo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪm.boː/
  • Hyphenation: bim‧bo

Noun

bimbo f (plural bimbo's, diminutive bimbootje n)

  1. (derogatory) bimbo (unintelligent floozie)

Finnish

Etymology

From English bimbo, from Italian bimbo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbimbo/, [ˈbimbo̞]
  • Rhymes: -imbo
  • Syllabification(key): bim‧bo

Noun

bimbo (colloquial, derogatory)

  1. bimbo (moron)

Declension

Further reading

  • “bimbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Etymology

Variant of bambino (“child”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbim.bo/
  • Rhymes: -imbo
  • Hyphenation: bìm‧bo

Noun

bimbo m (plural bimbi, feminine bimba, diminutive bimbétto or bimbìno, augmentative bimbóne)

  1. child, baby (male)

Descendants

  • → English: bimbo

Anagrams

  • bombi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English bimbo, from Italian.

Noun

bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboer, definite plural bimboene)

  1. (derogatory) bimbo

References

  • “bimbo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bimbo, from Italian.

Noun

bimbo m (definite singular bimboen, indefinite plural bimboar, definite plural bimboane)

  1. (derogatory) bimbo

References

  • “bimbo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbim.bɔ/
  • Rhymes: -imbɔ
  • Syllabification: bim‧bo

Noun

bimbo

  1. (Poznań) vocative singular of bimba

Portuguese

Verb

bimbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bimbar

Swedish

Noun

bimbo c

  1. (derogatory) bimbo (attractive and stupid young woman)

Declension

References

  • bimbo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bimbo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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