knucklehead
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- knuckleheaded adjective
Etymology
Origin of knucklehead
Example Sentences
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Boehner, you’ll recall, came to loathe radicals in his party’s ranks whom he referred to — when he was being polite — as “knuckleheads,” “noisemakers” and the “chaos caucus.”
From Washington Post
It looks as though we are going to suffer more knucklehead managerial decisions again this season.
From Los Angeles Times
There are “knuckleheads” in every organization, Sullivan said, but the vast majority of people who serve in the military to do so with honor and distinction.
From Washington Post
Ignore my 6-17 record in predicting Super Bowl winners, surely the worst of any knucklehead journalist who has consistently wasted entire workdays for more than two decades while writing 23 of these silly columns.
From Los Angeles Times
He ballyhooed his achievements like a happy warrior — sharing credit with Republicans where appropriate, at other times drawing partisan contrasts with them like the candidate-in-waiting he is, and deftly parrying the knuckleheads who heckled him.
From Los Angeles Times
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