chucklehead

[ chuhk-uhl-hed ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a stupid person; blockhead.

chucklehead

/ ˈtʃʌkəlˌhɛd /

noun

1. informal.
   a stupid person; blockhead; dolt

Derived Forms

• ˈchuckleˌheadedness, noun
• ˈchuckleˌheaded, adjective

Other Words From

• chuckle·headed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chucklehead¹

1725–35; chuckle clumsy ( chuck ² + -le ) + head

Example Sentences

Is not he much handsomer, and better built than that great chucklehead?

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What a pity that such a girl shouldn't have had a chance, should be wasted on some unappreciative chucklehead of her class!

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Chucklehead and six other Indians were killed; several of the whites were severely wounded.

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Sam was out that afternoon and he says Curley Watson, his barkeeper, is a danged chucklehead.

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Is he not much handsomer and better built than that great chucklehead?

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