lunkhead

[ luhngk-hed ]
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nounSlang.
  1. a dull or stupid person; blockhead.

Origin of lunkhead

1
1850–55, Americanism;lunk (perhaps blend of lump1 and hunk) + head
  • Also called lunk [luhngk]. /lʌŋk/.

Other words from lunkhead

  • lunkheaded, adjective

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How to use lunkhead in a sentence

  • Like everyone was ready to do away with the lunkhead eye-candy guy, and Heidi was like, oh, I didn't think his was so bad at all.

  • Why don't you take your lunkhead of a son home to his mother, if he isn't bright enough to understand fun!

    Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
  • It is only because you are a lunkhead that you perceive any great mystery here.

    The Wolf Cub | Patrick Casey
  • They cant see through the wall, you lunkhead, answered Bob, and if anyone comes out well see em and let you know.

    Left Half Harmon | Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Here, take hold of these guns—-easy now, they won't hurt you; one at a time, you lunkhead!

    Kennedy Square | F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The conclusion, in the light of what we knew from Rutter, was obvious, even to a lunkhead like myself.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair