jumbo

Definitions

1. adjective

   Especially large or powerful.

   Examples

   • a jumbo helping
   • At Bucyrus, Ohio, M. C. Coulter this season has demonstrated that he can grow a nice crop of the jumbo variety of peanuts.
2. noun

   An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.

3. noun

   An elephant.

4. noun

   A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.

   ≈drilling jumbo
5. noun

   A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.

   Example

   • Take a jumbo ’cross the water (Like to see America)
6. noun

   Synonym of bologna (“type of meat”).

   ≈bologna
7. noun

   A wide roll of machine-trimmed paper, ready to be cut into smaller widths.

   Example

   • In the unwind area, one system loads and unloads the unwind stand almost simultaneously. The jumbo is stored ahead of the unwind on level rails.
8. noun

   Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).