dumb
/dʌm/
US pronunciation
American sound/dʌm/
dumb
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US voice -> dumb
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ဆွံ့အသော။
She's been dumb from birth.
၂။ ကြက်သေသေသွား[သော]။
He stood looking around him, baffled and dumb. ❍ We were all struck dumb with amazement.
၃။ (infml ) မိုက်မဲသော။ ဆိတ်ဆိတ်နေသော။
That was a pretty dumb thing to do. ❍ If the police question you, act dumb (ie pretend you do not know anything). dumbly adv : She was staring dumbly into the fire-place. dumbness n [U]
❏ dumb animals n [pl] သနားစရာသတ္တဝါများ။
❏ dumb blonde n (derog ) ရွှေရောင်ဆံပင်နှင့် ရုပ်လှလှ အပေါမ။
In her early films she regularly played dumb blonde parts.
❏ dumb waiter n
၁။ စားသောက်ဆိုင်တွင် စားစရာများကို တစ်ထပ်မှတစ်ထပ်သို့ သယ်ပို့သော ဓာတ်လှေကားငယ်။
၂။ = LAZY SUSAN
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at a loss for words, choke off, clam up, clammed up, clamming up, close up, closed up, cool it, decrease the volume, decrease volume, dense, dim-witted, doltish, dried up, dry up, drying up, dull, dulling, dummied up, dummy up, feebleminded, foolish, hold one's tongue, hold tongue, hush one's mouth, inarticulate, incoherent, keep down, keep it down, moronic, mousy, mum, mute, overawe, overawed, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, silence, silent, simple-minded, sit on, sitting on, soundless, speechless, strike dumb, struck dumb, stupid, thick, tongue-tie, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unintelligent, voiceless, wordless
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