knucklehead

[nuhk-uhl-hed]

noun

Informal.

1. a stupid, bumbling, inept person.

knucklehead

/ ˈnʌkəlˌhɛd /

noun

1. informal,  fool; idiot

Other Word Forms

• knuckleheaded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of knucklehead¹

First recorded in 1940–45; knuckle + head

Example Sentences

“DoorDash drivers and delivery drivers are sometimes knuckleheads” and tough to deal with, he said.

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“I got these little fricking knuckleheads that steal me some,” the undercover said, according to a transcript of a recording taken during the meeting.

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"I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word."

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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.

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“I’m a knucklehead sometimes,” he said as he stumbled to explain his claim to being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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Related Words

• dummy