Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Recipe slumgullion
Goulash
Mulligan
Hamburger goulash wi...
Lake city colorado
American goulash rec...
Nearby Words
sluit
slum
slum area
slum dweller
slum-dweller
slumber
slumber away
slumber out
slumber party
slumber shade
slumber through
slumber-party
slumber-shade
slumberland
slumberless
slumberous
slumbershade
slumbery
slumbrous
slumdweller
slumgullion
slumgum
slumism
slumlord
slummed
slummer
slumminess
slummy
slump
slump test
slumpflation
slumpy
slung
slung shot
slung-shot
slunk
slur
slur over
slur ring
slur-ring
slurb
slumgullion
[
sluhm-
guhl
-y
uh
n
,
sluhm
-guhl-
]
slum·gul·lion
/
slʌmˈgʌl
yən
,
ˈslʌmˌgʌl-
/
Show Spelled
[
sluhm-
guhl
-y
uh
n
,
sluhm
-guhl-
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
2.
a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like.
3.
the refuse from processing whale carcasses.
4.
a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices.
Origin:
1840–50,
Americanism
;
compare
Scots,
Hiberno-English
gullion
quagmire, cesspool
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
slumgullion
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Slumgullion
is always a great word to know.
So is
zedonk
. Does it mean:
So is
gobo
. Does it mean:
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
slumgullion
(slʌmˈɡʌljən, ˈslʌmˌɡʌl-)
—
n
1.
slang
an inexpensive stew
2.
offal, esp the refuse from whale blubber
3.
a reddish mud deposited in mine sluices
[C19: from
slum
in US sense slime +
gullion,
perhaps variant of
cullion
testicles]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Slumgullion
People who can define
Slumgullion
may know
38,500
words, as many as a
10th grader.
How many words do you know?
Want slumgullion ad-free? Click here!
Quote Of The Day
"If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be "To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one's own writings in translation.""
-Vladimir Nabokov
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT