Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stupid person; a dolt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heavy, stupid fellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Derogatory term for a
fool oridiot . Usually used as an insult when angry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You can probably cut out all of the references to being on top of the Empire State Building, because it won't fit the situation and you really don't want your intended thinking you're some kind of lunkhead who doesn't know New York City from Botswana.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2005
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He has heard every kind of lunkhead stereotype about people in construction.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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He has heard every kind of lunkhead stereotype about people in construction.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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He has heard every kind of lunkhead stereotype about people in construction.
NYT > Home Page By DIRK JOHNSON 2009
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As is pointed out to us frequently, making things clearer for the lunkhead software also happens to make it clearer (or less likely to be less clear) to humans.
I come to praise potential ambiguity, not to bury it « Motivated Grammar 2010
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As the story progresses, we follow our lunkhead hero Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) on his steps up the military ladder, and we find out, through deeply satirical propaganda adverts that punctuate the action, that this war might not be so just and that the humans we've been cheering are from afascist society.
Starship Troopers: No 25 Phelim O 2010
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With Vin Diesel's sinister but lovable lunkhead Dom back in the driver's seat, thousands of theatergoers returned for the fourth installment of the street racing franchise, which also posted the best April opening week as it shot past the previous record of $42.2 million, set by "Anger Management" in 2003.
Today's sign that the human race is doomed Tyler 2009
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Moreno makes the most of the one-note lunkhead Timothy by keeping his appetites simple.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "Hand To God" Has Devilish Fun With Puppets Michael Giltz 2011
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With Vin Diesel's sinister but lovable lunkhead Dom back in the driver's seat, thousands of theatergoers returned for the fourth installment of the street racing franchise, which also posted the best April opening week as it shot past the previous record of $42.2 million, set by "Anger Management" in 2003.
Archive 2009-04-05 Tyler 2009
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Things are now so bad on the lunkhead front that, in a new poll, Iowans are no longer interested in the current crop of Republican cretins.
James Marshall Crotty: Why Republicans Embrace Simpletons and How It Hurts America James Marshall Crotty 2011
stpeter commented on the word lunkhead
A modification of lumphead, it seems.
February 2, 2007
bilby commented on the word lunkhead
"'Judas Priest! I'm such a lunkhead!'
Thad, who could not have agreed more, said: 'Give me his number, please.'"
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.
December 31, 2007