gumbo: Meaning and Definition of

gum•bo

1. a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
2. okra.
3. soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.

1. of, pertaining to, or like gumbo.

Gum•bo

1. a French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies.