lunkhead
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- lunkheaded adjective
Etymology
Origin of lunkhead
Example Sentences
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“Lucky there’s a family guy,” a chorus of friends, neighbors and relatives sing about the lunkhead Peter Griffin in the razzle-dazzle opening of each episode of “Family Guy” — more than 400 and counting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
His farcical mission is mostly true and just the sort of crowd-pleaser about lunkhead enlightenment that intoxicates the director Peter Farrelly in the wake of his Oscar for “Green Book.”
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2022
Perrotta, who wrote the novel the series is based on as well as the pilot script, never specifies how Brendan becomes the lunkhead that he is.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2019
A proud lunkhead, Brendan got by in high school with a personality that amounted to “tall.”
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2019
He asked the same question after the Senator had finished a statement of his opinion on the obstinacy of the lunkhead at the door.
From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman
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