knucklehead

knuck·le·head

[nuhk-uhl-hed]
noun Informal.
a stupid, bumbling, inept person.

Origin:
1940–45; knuckle + head

knuck·le·head·ed, adjective
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knucklehead (ˈnʌkəlˌhɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal fool; idiot
 
'knuckleheaded
 
adj

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Knucklehead is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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knucklehead definition


  1. n.
    a stupid person. : Oh, I feel like such a knucklehead!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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