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lunk

British

/ lʌŋk /

noun

an awkward, heavy, or stupid person

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A lunk of a guy goes out to the barn behind his house every night and tosses a metal ball as far as he can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024

The “Dude” skin is a super beef-ified version of Ryan Reynolds’ character Guy and looks like the kind of person who routinely sets off the lunk alarm at Planet Fitness.

From The Verge ● Aug. 12, 2021

Sylvester Stallone voices King Shark, who is described as "counter-intuitively lovable, if lethal, lunk".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2021

He told me the Fox gig is “part-time” for now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Gronk is groomed to take over Terry Bradshaw’s niche: the lovable if slow-witted lunk on the analyst panel.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2020

And many eyes dilated as he told of blood-curdling adventures with the "lunk soos," or "Indian devil," the dreadful catamount or panther, which was once the terror of Maine woodsmen.

From Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods by Isabel Hornibrook

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