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

To cops, Greene appears to be living proof that going to Harvard does not necessarily make you any less a knucklehead.

From The Daily Beast

As a hiker, I thought Strayed was a knucklehead—but a likable one.

From The Daily Beast

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