MUMBO

Meaning of MUMBO in English

jumbo [noun] [U] [informal] - words or activities that are unnecessarily complicated or mysterious and seem meaninglessYou don't believe in horoscopes and all that mumbo jumbo, do you?

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

MUMBO
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MUMBO — Mumbo Jumbo (pl -os) идол некоторых западноафриканских племен; перен. предмет суеверного поклонения; фетиш
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUMBO — Mumbo Jumbo (pl -os) идол некоторых западноафриканских племен; перен. предмет суеверного поклонения; фетиш
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUMBO — Mumbo Jumbo (pl -os) идол некоторых западноафриканских племен; перен. предмет суеверного поклонения; фетиш
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUMBO — Mumbo Jumbo (pl -os) идол некоторых западноафриканских племен; перен. предмет суеверного поклонения; фетиш
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUMBO JUMBO — noun Etymology: Mumbo Jumbo, a masked figure among Mandingo peoples of western Africa Date: 1738 an object of superstitious homage …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MUMBO JUMBO — ˈməm(ˌ)bōˈjəm(ˌ)bō noun ( plural mumbo jumbos ) Etymology: perhaps from Mandingo mama dyumbo, from mama ancestor + dyumbo pompon, wearer …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUMBO JUMBO — /mum"boh jum"boh/ , pl. mumbo jumbos . 1. meaningless incantation or ritual. 2. senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUMBO JUMBO — noun Etymology: Mumbo Jumbo, a masked figure among Mandingo peoples of western Africa Date: 1738 1. : an object of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUMBO JUMBO — an object of superstitious homage and fear. 2. mumbo jumbo ·add. ·noun among the mandingos of the western sudan, a …
Webster English vocab
MUMBO-JUMBO — ■ noun informal language or ritual causing or intended to cause confusion or bewilderment. Origin C18 (as Mumbo Jumbo , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MUMBO JUMBO — [mum.bo jum.bo] n [Mumbo Jumbo, a masked figure among Mandingo peoples of western Africa] (1738) 1: an object of superstitious …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUMBO JUMBO — mumbo jumbo BrE AmE ˌmʌm bəʊ ˈdʒʌm bəʊ AmE \ -boʊ ˈdʒʌm boʊ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUMBO-JUMBO — / ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ; NAmE ˌmʌmboʊ ˈdʒʌmboʊ/ noun [ U ] ( informal , disapproving ) language or a ceremony that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUMBO-JUMBO — mum ‧ bo-jum ‧ bo /ˌmʌmbəʊ ˈdʒʌmbəʊ $ -boʊ ˈdʒʌmboʊ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] informal [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUMBO-JUMBO — n. (pl. -jumbos) 1 meaningless or ignorant ritual. 2 language or action intended to mystify or confuse. 3 an object …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUMBO-JUMBO — n. (pl. -jumbos) 1. meaningless or ignorant ritual. 2 language or action intended to mystify or confuse. 3 an object …
Oxford English vocab
MUMBO-JUMBO — see mumbo jumbo
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUMBO JUMBO — also mumbo-jumbo If you describe ideas or words, especially religious or technical ones, as mumbo jumbo , you mean that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUMBO JUMBO — also mumbo-jumbo If you describe ideas or words, especially religious or technical ones, as ~, you mean that they are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUMBO-JUMBO — see mumbo jumbo
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUMBO-JUMBO — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ legal mumbo-jumbo EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All of this mumbo-jumbo masks a large vacuum …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUMBO JUMBO — Synonyms and related words : Mumbo Jumbo, abracadabra, absurdity, amorphousness, amphigory, amulet, anagoge, anagogics, anthroposophy, argot, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble-babble, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUMBO JUMBO — n 1. speech one doesn't understand. ("The doctor was just talking a lot of medical mumbo jumbo.") Submitted by Tom, …
Slang English vocab
MUMBO JUMBO — 1. 1> идол некоторых африканских племён 2> предмет суеверного поклонения; идол, фетиш 2. (mumbo jumbo) 1> бессмысленное бормотание ( заклинаний, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUMBO JUMBO — 1. 1) идол некоторых африканских племён 2) предмет суеверного поклонения; идол, фетиш 2. (mumbo jumbo) 1) бессмысленное бормотание ( заклинаний, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRATTLE
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NONSENSE
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LINGO — Synonyms and related words : argot, cant, dialect, gibberish, gobbledygook, idiom, jargon, language, langue, lingua, locution, mumbo jumbo, mumbo-jumbo, parlance, …
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GIBBERISH
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Cambridge English vocab

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