knucklehead
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- knuckleheaded adjective
Etymology
Origin of knucklehead
Example Sentences
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Stewart, a third-round pick from Michigan, playfully described Verse and Young as “two knuckleheads” who set an example with their work ethic and results.
From Los Angeles Times
“DoorDash drivers and delivery drivers are sometimes knuckleheads” and tough to deal with, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
"I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word."
From BBC
I then watched the knucklehead plow into a wall on the shoulder, bolt from the car, run through traffic and leap over the center divider.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m a knucklehead sometimes,” he said as he stumbled to explain his claim to being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.
From Salon
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