dum

dum-dum

slang Someone who is very stupid. Can you believe that dum-dum is still pushing the door marked "pull"?

rumdum

1. slang A useless drunkard. Sometimes hyphenated. This part of town is filled with addicts and rumdums. That old rum-dum hasn't held down a job in over 10 years. He's been too busy roaming from bar to bar.
2. slang A very stupid, bumbling, incompetent person. Sometimes hyphenated. I can't believe they appointed that rumdum to run the company. This device is so simple that even rum-dum like me can use it.

tweedledee and tweedledum

Any two people very similar in appearance, manner, or behavior, especially those who are or act particularly oafish or foolish. A reference to the names of two fictional twins in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. It's a wonder we have any nice things at all with tweedledee and tweedledum over there running around the house knocking into everything. Most of the world sees our two countries as tweedledee and tweedledum, but we generally hate being lumped in with our boorish neighbors to the south.
See also: and, tweedledee, tweedledum
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dumb-dumb

and dum-dum
n. a stupid oaf; a dullard. Marvin is no dum-dum. He just looks that way.

dum-dum

verb
See dumb-dumb

rumdum

and rum-dum (ˈrəmˈdəm)
1. n. a drunkard; a ruined alcoholic. I don’t want to end up like a dirty rum-dumb.
2. n. a stupid person. Hey, rumdum, wise up and do what you are told.
3. mod. alcohol intoxicated. The old lady got rumdum on gin.

rum-dum

verb
See rumdum
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • dums
  • dumb-dumb
  • dum-dum
  • rumdum
  • rum-dum
  • makeout artist
  • make-out artist
  • rummy
  • tweased
  • bleeding edge
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Founder of Dum Dum Doughnuts and chef Paul Hurley said: "It has taken several years of dedicated study and relentless hard work to create this brand, and the love we've received in return is my greatest reward.
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Asian film offers edge of the seat thrills
Altogether now, de dum dum do do do, de dum dum do do do ...
Close your eyes and hope this statue is just your imagination
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There are strong beats (DUM) and lighter beats (da).
Feeling the buh-buh-beat
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Life is sweet
Dum dum-dum-dum dum dum-dum-dum/Dum diddly-dum diddly dumdum-dum .
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When things begin with the loose-limbed rickety rocker Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum, one cannot help but groove and grin.
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Dum Dum Donutterie, billed as the world's first artisan baked doughnut or croissant doughnut brand, will launch in Dubai in December.
Dubai set to welcome UK brand Dum Dum Donutterie
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