Dumbo
Aerial circus pachyderm
Dumbo is the title character of Disney's 1941 animated film—a baby circus elephant ridiculed for his enormous ears, which ultimately enable him to fly.
The name has become shorthand for an unlikely underdog who triumphs, or for someone with prominent ears.
Dumbo is also a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. (Lowercase dumbo is an insult meaning stupid person.)
Ascend to heights
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- airborneTraveling through air
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
belief · confidence · takeoff · circus act · sky · wonder · showstopper · spectacle
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- crowsLarge black corvids
- storkLarge wading ciconiid
- circus trainRail cars for traveling shows
classic · Golden Age · family · nostalgia · heartwarming · underdog · redemption · tearjerker
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
- trunkMain stem or storage
- grayNeutral achromatic hue
- calfJuvenile cow or leg part
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
adorable · cute · wrinkled · gentle · timid · small · young · orphan
Innocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- trustingInclined to believe others
- wide-eyedShowing naive amazement
pure · simple · vulnerable · gentle · meek · sweet · helpless · defenseless
Western Long Island borough
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- loftSpace beneath the roof
gentrification · art galleries · tech hub · trendy · warehouse · converted · hipster · skyline
soar
Ascend to heights
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- airborneTraveling through air
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
miraculous · belief · confidence · takeoff · circus act · sky · wonder · showstopper · spectacle
Walt Disney
circus train · classic · Golden Age · family · nostalgia · heartwarming · underdog · redemption · tearjerker · lullaby
pachyderm
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
clumsy · adorable · cute · wrinkled · gentle · timid · small · young · orphan · bullied
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
wide-eyed · pure · simple · vulnerable · gentle · meek · sweet · helpless · defenseless · misunderstood
Brooklyn
Western Long Island borough
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
loft · gentrification · art galleries · tech hub · trendy · warehouse · converted · hipster · skyline · East River
- DisneyWalt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Disney, Minnie Mouse, Goofy
- Famous AnimalsScooby-Doo, Bambi, Clifford, Snoopy, Garfield
- floppy earsbasset hound, beagle, bloodhound, cocker spaniel, springer spaniel
- 1940s CinemaCasablanca, Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Rebecca, Mildred Pierce
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
- cartoonsBugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Simpsons, Donald Duck
Dumbogenius
Person of rare brilliance
brainiac · Einstein · intellectual · egghead · whiz kid
- played dumbFeigned lack of knowledge
- dumb luckAccidental good fortune
- plays dumbPretends to lack knowledge
- playing dumbPretending not to understand
- dumb fucksVulgar term for fools
- dumb downMake less intellectually demanding
dumb, dumbbell, dumbfounded, dumbfound, dumbness, dumbfounding, dumbwaiter