Gumbo

Word GUMBO
Character 5
Hyphenation gum bo
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gumbo"

What do we mean by gumbo?

A soup or stew thickened with okra pods. noun

A fine silty soil, common in the southern and western United States, that forms an unusually sticky mud when wet. noun

A French patois spoken by some black people and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies. noun

The pod of Hibiscus esculentus, also called okra. noun

A soup, usually of chicken, thickened with okra. noun

A dish made of young capsules of okra, seasoned with salt and pepper, and stewed and served with melted butter. noun

A patois spoken by West Indian and Louisianian creoles and negroes. noun

A type of soil in the southern and western United States which forms a tough, dark-colored mass in a high degree plastic and clay-like, yet sometimes consisting chiefly of silt or very fine sand. It is very sticky and difficult to till when wet, and when dry breaks into hard cuboidal lumps. See gumbo clay. noun

A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. noun

The okra plant or its pods. noun

The okra plant or its pods. noun

A soup or stew made with okra. noun

A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy. noun

Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water noun

Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews noun

A soup or stew thickened with okra pods noun

Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus noun

A soup or stew made with okra.

A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.

Dervived from the west african word "gombo" for okra; a stew comprised of the holy trinity in cajun/creole cooking (onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes) cajun spices, okra, bay leaves, and a variety of meats (sausage, chicken, and seafood) and served with rice. Urban Dictionary

A dish that originated from the black people of the South-Eastern United States. It is a mixture of meat, okra, leafy vegetables, clili peppers, and whatever leftover food you have. Urban Dictionary

Litterally the best food in existance. Cajun style food is better than most people think Urban Dictionary

A blood gang term for a group of crips. It comes about because crab meat and crab legs are used in most gumbo pots. Urban Dictionary

A type of hallucinagetic, legal drug, that makes you hallucinate. Doctors give it to you when you are so depressed you can't deal with reality. It does nothing to your nervous system besides make you hallucinate. The effect lasts for about half an hour. Urban Dictionary

To be like gumby Urban Dictionary

The origin of a stench of biblical proportions coming out of the patch of strongbad's couch -- and coach z's terrible secret. Urban Dictionary

The act of brewing a shit in your body for so long, when you get to the bathroom the shit explodes out of your ass Urban Dictionary

To flirt with every girl you talk to and at some point link with them Urban Dictionary

Fat slob, spends all day browsing the internet for disturbing pictures/videos, most likely to become a serial killer. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gumbo

The word "gumbo" in example sentences

Whether the black slaves brought to America the okra or found it already existing on the continent is uncertain, but the term gumbo is undoubtedly of African origin, as also is the term mbenda (peanuts or ground-nuts), corrupted into pindar in some of the Southern States. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

However, golfs don't do well in gumbo, neither do skeets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've only used okra in gumbo so now I can be a groundbreaker with my local Toronto foodie pals. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

Women unable to feed the bellies of hungry children, were forced to rummage through garbage, and by the grace of God, and anointed creativity, found leftovers okra, rice, tomato, a scrap of pork and a fragment of shrimp to create a meal we call gumbo. ❋ Rev. Otis Moss III (2011)

The gumbo is served, followed by the most tender and tasty meat imaginable with sides of sangre and the cooked large grain, preferably to the sound of live music. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is one of my favorite flowers which can be found growing in the barren, clay soil that we call gumbo -- super-slippery when wet, hard and cracked when dry. ❋ Gumbo Lily (2008)

* For you see, this turkey gumbo is a symbol of rebirth. ❋ Slimbolala (2005)

Okra is used as the thickening agent in Cajun gumbo, but it also can be boiled, broiled, fried, roasted, steamed, canned, or pickled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I haven’t tried Campbell’s, but Progresso’s gumbo is an excellent soup. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The delightful delicacy called "gumbo" is more than a meal, but a sermon of resistance. ❋ Rev. Otis Moss III (2011)

For allergy reasons I would skip the roux step (we can't have flour) and add corn starch (or Filé powder, also called gumbo filé) at later stage before serving if the sauce needs to be a bit thickened. ❋ Jessica (2009)

[Emeril] [frequently] makes gumbo. ❋ Traces (2007)

[Are you sure] that was the month-old [pot roast] you put in that gumbo because I swear I saw something swimming in my bowl when I stuck my [spoon] in? ❋ AYB (2003)

DID YOU HEAR THAT [YOUR MOM IS] MAKING [GUMBO]???? IM SO EXCITED TO [EAT IT]!!!!! ❋ Iumium (2022)

[Grab] your [heater] here comes [a grip] of gumbo. ❋ Malice Mam (2003)

That [Gumbo] made me see [pink elephants] on the [ceiling]! It was hilarious! ❋ Ben Winkleshits (2005)

[Kelly] is [such a] gumbo [today] ❋ A Gumbo (2011)

[Strongbad] had me over for gumbo [one night]... ❋ Dodo (2003)

"Wow I've had that [gumbo] [brewing] [in me] for three days" ❋ Rob Snieder (2016)

[E.g] Who you [gumboing] with??? ...or [Stevens] gumboing with her again!!! ❋ TitchyRichy (2011)

hey [gumbo] [stop] [killing] people ❋ Whittazz (2009)

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