knucklehead
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Synonyms
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo
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If Lock isn’t the No. 2 quarterback on opening night, John Elway was a knucklehead for drafting him in the second round. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Broncos Roundtable: What is Vic Fangio’s biggest training camp challenge?," 16 July 2019 The game, however, was slightly overshadowed by some knuckleheads. — Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, "Dominique's Dimes: Shame on the fans who cheered Kevin Durant's NBA Finals injury," 11 June 2019 If a car's cameras and accelerometers detect someone leaning on the car, for example, the car's center screen will display, in font big enough for the knucklehead to see, a message that cameras are recording. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "Tesla Rolls Out Sentry Mode and Dog Mode to the Model 3," 14 Feb. 2019 If Lock isn’t the No. 2 quarterback on opening night, John Elway was a knucklehead for drafting him in the second round. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Broncos Roundtable: What is Vic Fangio’s biggest training camp challenge?," 16 July 2019 The game, however, was slightly overshadowed by some knuckleheads. — Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, "Dominique's Dimes: Shame on the fans who cheered Kevin Durant's NBA Finals injury," 11 June 2019 If a car's cameras and accelerometers detect someone leaning on the car, for example, the car's center screen will display, in font big enough for the knucklehead to see, a message that cameras are recording. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "Tesla Rolls Out Sentry Mode and Dog Mode to the Model 3," 14 Feb. 2019 James does everything – e-e-e-verything – in Game 1, only to have a knucklehead teammate not know the score at the most important time. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Paul Daugherty's Morning Line: You can't make the MLB Draft fun and Allegiant Air sucks," 4 June 2018 Poverty, a childhood spent in trailers, and knucklehead friends are all part of the campy atmosphere. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "What If Tonya Harding Were Black?," 11 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'knucklehead.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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