lulu

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈluːlu/
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/ˈluːlu/ · /ˈluːluː/

Definition of lulu

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang)A remarkable person, object, or idea.
    “The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam^([sic]) rink. I mean the worst. And there were some lulus, too.”
    “Mon-sewer, you are a lulu!”
    “Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.”
    “The job: a real lulu. The heiress to a cheese fortune has run off with a clarinet player in a swing band, and Hicks is dispatched to bring her home.”
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noun

  1. (slang)A remarkable person, object, or idea.
    “The funny part was, though, we were the worst skaters on the whole goddam^([sic]) rink. I mean the worst. And there were some lulus, too.”
    “Mon-sewer, you are a lulu!”
    “Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.”
    “The job: a real lulu. The heiress to a cheese fortune has run off with a clarinet player in a swing band, and Hicks is dispatched to bring her home.”
  2. (slang)A very attractive or alluring person.
  3. (slang)A very bad mistake or error.
  4. (slang)A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
  5. Locally unwanted land use.

name

  1. A female given name.
    “"Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"”
    “There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.”
  2. A female given name.
  3. A female given name from Chinese.
  4. A unisex given name from Arabic.
  5. A unisex given name from Arabic.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Probably from American stage magician Lulu Hurst (1869–1950).

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