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lunkhead

noun
/ˈlʌnk.hɛd/US

Etymology

Probably from *lunk (perhaps an alteration of lump; compare hunk & hump), a diminutive of lump + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as lunkhead — “lump + head”

Definitions

  1. A fool or idiot.

    • You are a lunkhead! How could you be so stupid?
    • Eww, you've got to check out her creepy friends.. It's like these JAP actress sluts and some American Gladiators reject lunkhead!

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA