What is the meaning of DULL. Phrases containing DULL
See meanings and uses of DULL!Slangs & AI meanings
n 1. A foolish, rude, or contemptible person. 2. a dull stupid fatuous person
Dull and dowdy is London Cockney rhyming slang for cloudy.
Dullsville is slang for a thing, place, or activity that is boring or dull. Dullsville is slang for the state of being bored.
You would say something that was no longer sharp was dull. We would say blunt. To us something is dull if it is boring. It can apply to things - like a film could be dull. It also applies to people - I can think of several people who are dull!
n 1. a. Buttocks. b. The anus. 2. Sexual intercourse. 3. Any of several hoofed mammals of the genus Equus, resembling and closely related to the horses but having a smaller build and longer ears, and including the domesticated donkey. 4. a pompous fool. 5. A vain, self-important, silly, or aggressively stupid person. 6. A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt
A brand of candied chocolate in England; Quite dull and worthless.
n A clumsy dull person; a lout.
Methamphetamine with a dull yellow tint
- You would say something that was no longer sharp was dull. We would say blunt. To us something is dull if it is boring. It can apply to things - like a film could be dull. It also applies to people - I can think of several people who are dull!
Phrs. Very unexciting, exceedingly plain, boring. E.g."I'm not wasting my time watching another hour of this film, it's dull as dishwater." Cf. 'dull as dishwater'.
Dullness, lethargy.
methamphetamine with a dull yellow tint
Phrs. Very boring, unexciting. Cf. 'dull as dishwater'.
Used as an exclamation upon executing a particularly violent and/or effective and/or demonstrative act on another,mostly unsuspecting person or upon seeing such an act perpetrated on a third party. For example; third year,dinner hall, St.Ninians' High School Giffnock. Stephen Brown (or 'Broono') scones Kenneth Baird (or 'Buffer') with a lunch tray full square on the back producing a dull sound usually associated with slapping the side of an empty oil drum. As Buffer collapsed into a heap amongst the slops Broono roared, "That was a fuckin' dullion!" and was answered with cries from the attendant muckers of "Fuckin' dullion man!" (ed: many thanks to Chris Diamond for this and other contributions.)
Slow-moving, dull, awkward.
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v. t.
To remove the dullness of; to clear.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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a.
Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.
n.
An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.
adv.
In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
v. i.
To become dull or stupid.
a.
Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome.
v. t.
To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
superl.
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament.
a.
Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.
superl.
Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.
n.
One who, or that which, dulls.
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Inapt; slow; dull.
v. i.
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
n.
The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.
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Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
v. t.
To make dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
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