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gumbo

[guhm-boh]

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noun

plural

gumbos

a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
okra.
soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.

adjective

of, relating to, or like gumbo.

Gumbo

[guhm-boh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

a French patois spoken by Black and Creole people in Louisiana and the French West Indies.

gumbo

/ ˈɡʌ��əʊ /

noun

the mucilaginous pods of okra
another name for okra
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet

Gumbo

/ ˈɡʌ��əʊ /

noun

(sometimes not capital) a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gumbo¹

1795–1805, < Louisiana French gombo, gumbo < a Bantu language; compare Umbundu ochinggombo, Luba chinggombo okra

Origin of gumbo²

First recorded in 1835–40; probably from the same source as gumbo ( def. )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gumbo¹

C19: from Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin

Origin of gumbo²

see _gumbo

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It all belongs, in the same way the crash of Chinese cymbals in the remix of Sammie's signature song "I Lied to You" only punches up that gumbo's flavor.

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His gumbo recipe, for example, calls for two pouches each of smoked clams, oysters and mackerel along with white rice, oregano, cumin and chile peppers.

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In the case of gumbo or succotash, it is a good thing.

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There’s a meat market there, and they have all the andouille sausage, which is good if I’m going to cook something like a gumbo.

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Adults are about two feet long and weigh some 15 to 20 pounds, with plenty of meat for a gumbo or stew.

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