Definitions
A bulb that gives light when powered by electricity.
Word origin
Calque from Cantonese 電燈泡／电灯泡 (din6 dang1 paau1), as though the third person is a light bulb in the background.
Used in a sentence
“A young orangutan in the San Diego Zoo became famous for unbolting the screening of his crib, removing the wires, and moving through the zoo nursery, unscrewing lightbulbs.”
“You two go ahead lah, I don't want to be lightbulb.”
“When she finally came out her friend joined us. Damn lightbulb leh!”
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01“Lamp part”9 letters
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