Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of drum used by the negroes of the West Indies, made of a piece of a hollow tree, about 6 feet long, over which a skin is stretched. It is carried by one man while another beats it with his open hands.
Examples
“All 13 people aboard the rig were rescued as they floated in the nearby water in survival outfits called gumby suits.”
WN.com - Articles related to New rules slow Gulf drilling pace in shallow water
“people aboard the rig were rescued as they floated in the nearby water in survival outfits called gumby suits.”
WN.com - Articles related to New rules slow Gulf drilling pace in shallow water
“ELLIOTT: They were wearing flotation devices known as gumby suits.”
“Steve - the gumby was a 32 "scale reneck of a 25" supro pocket bass, making it a real blues machine, since the avatar shot I found a supro plastic peghead logo for it on ebay, see pic.”
“The Coast Guard reports that 13 crew members from the rig were in the water after the explosion, wearing water survival or 'gumby' suits.”
WN.com - Articles related to New rules slow Gulf drilling pace in shallow water
“The plane dropped to an altitude of 200 feet and the crew scanned the ocean, eventually identifying strobe lights believed to be attached to "gumby" suits, or man-overboard suits worn by the fishermen, Sullens said.”
“Look for old ass photo tell-tale signs like that tired ass wicker peacock chair, and a "gumby" hair style.”
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“I am a techno-gumby, so please explain in very small words, preferable of only one syllable.”
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“But he popped up like gumby or plasticman or a supernatural.”
“So if gumby sits sideways facing left he'll win ... thanks for clearing that up.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gumby’.
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Speech Bubble
Words from Cartoons, Comics, and Kid Stuffs
zim, squee, irken, squeedily spooch, dib, gir, gaz, dinosaucers, mxyzptlk, wuzzle, snuffleupagus, duckman and 124 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.biffy, bibcock, barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibliobibuli, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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Strine
Australianisms & other Oz-related vocabulamary.
budgie smugglers, arvo, dingo's breakfast, prang, banana bender, bingle, white pointer, u.s., reg grundies, larrikin, jumbuck, cobber and 122 more...
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Fun Cartoon Names
Not necessarily the best known cartoon characters, but the ones with fun names. A highly incomplete list to say the least.
spongebob squarep..., the powerpuff girls, daffy duck, betty boop, gumby, mr. magoo, tweety, wile e. coyote, wonder woman, elmer fudd, bullwinkle, swee'pea and 48 more...
Tweets
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yarb bingle?! Sep 2, 2010
bilby "A helmet won't protect you very well in a bingle with a car. Also, motorists give more room when passing a cyclist without a helmet (according to research). Helmets are far more useful for gumby cyclists who ride on the footpath and take a tumble because the footpath is dodgy.
Posted by: Craig of Moorooka 10:38am today"
- Territory helmet laws applauded by enthusiast , 2 Sept 2010.
There goes my NT theory as Moorooka is in Queensland. Sep 2, 2010
bilby Australian slang - an incompetent person.
Might be a local usage up here in the north. Heard it twice today. May 21, 2009