knucklehead

[ nuhk-uhl-hed ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a stupid, bumbling, inept person.

knucklehead

/ ˈnʌkəlˌhɛd /

noun

1. informal.
   fool; idiot

Derived Forms

• ˈknuckleˌheaded, adjective

Other Words From

• knuckle·headed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of knucklehead¹

First recorded in 1940–45; knuckle + head

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Salon

That was a lucky break for Walz, who bumbled his way through an explanation of the China discrepancy, pleading that he is a “knucklehead” who gets “caught up in the rhetoric.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I understand international, dangerous people, and with all due respect to Mr. Rundo, he was a knucklehead who was misguided,” Carney said on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times

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