I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dumb luck American English (= sheer good luck, not influenced by anything you did )
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Sometimes I think my success was really just dumb luck.
dumb show
dumb waiter
play dumb (= pretend you do not know something )
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‘What do you mean?’ ‘Don’t play dumb .'
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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I know you're not as dumb as you seem.
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He said that a lot of buffalo hunters were as dumb as a rock.
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And another player might have just kissed off my remark as dumb but innocuous.
so
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He's not so dumb , you know.
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Harvester was delighted, amazed, that the Union could be so dumb .
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How did adults get so dumb ?
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It was definitely an intelligent thing to do, but so dumb .
too
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If I hadn't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well, then I wouldn't have been alone.
■ NOUN
animal
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We would become like dumb animals , oxen, or go crazy, and probably both.
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Would that as many animal lovers were as quick to speak and defend dumb animals instead of staying silent as so many do.
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Bates is intense as the lonely homosexual whose obsessive selfless love is only reciprocated by a dumb animal .
blonde
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No such thing as a dumb blonde ?
people
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Maginn also took part in the debate concerning the intermarriage of deaf and dumb people .
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Yes, we serve dumb people , too.
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Sleight was a genuine friend of deaf and dumb people .
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world.
thing
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You've known me too long to think a dumb thing like that.
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You had a good reason for every dumb thing you did which you said I would understand someday.
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Seven months earlier my friend could be seen on campus wearing blue jeans and a shirt that said dumb things .
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Dole finally acknowledged that smoking was probably a dumb thing to do.
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You the dumbest thing on this here earth.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be struck dumb
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Amy was struck dumb. Was it possible that her own son had deceived her?
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When he arrived at the scene of the disaster, he was struck dumb with horror and amazement.
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At times 25,000-plus onlookers were struck dumb by tension and anticipation, a hiccup resounding like a roar.
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I was told it was Duart was struck dumb.
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No wonder the computer wizards were struck dumb by the place; the narcissistic attraction must have been overwhelming.
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Once again I was struck dumb by the mystery of the world.
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One edged remark, and she would be struck dumb.
dumb/stupid cluck
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You dumb cluck , why'd you tell him?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He stared in dumb misery at the wreckage of the car.
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I can't get my dumb car to start.
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If we look dumb enough, someone's bound to come and help us out.
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Oh, I just did the dumbest thing back there, I forgot my briefcase.
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She's always asking such dumb questions.
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She told him Jeff was just a friend, and he was dumb enough to believe her.
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She was born deaf and dumb .
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That's a dumb idea.
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The athletic guys were seen as 'cute but dumb '.
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You're so dumb , Clarissa!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And um, questions, there are no dumb questions, right?
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He knew they were trying to tell him something in the sign language used by the deaf and dumb .
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It was definitely an intelligent thing to do, but so dumb .
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Maginn also took part in the debate concerning the intermarriage of deaf and dumb people.
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The dumb ones are too smart to fight.
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The dumb thing is, this is your cameraman mentality, he goes up with these guys who are ice climbing.
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The kitchen is equipped along old-fashioned lines, and meals reach the dining room via a dumb waiter.
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The means of grace are therefore for all of us, deaf, dumb , or destitute.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dumb/stupid cluck
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You dumb cluck , why'd you tell him?