muumuu

See also: moo-moo

English

Etymology

Hawaiian muʻumuʻu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːmuː/
  • Hyphenation: muu‧muu

Noun

muumuu (plural muumuus)

  1. A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
    • 1998, Peter Biskind, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Bloomsbury 1999, p. 132:
      Short and zoftig, she wore muumuus and rose-tinted, oversize glasses, was loud, abrasive, and very funny.

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