lunkhead

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   informal and insulting: a stupid, clumsy, or slow-witted person

   Only a lunkhead would leave the gate open during the storm.

Probably formed from lunk, perhaps an alteration or expressive relative of lump, + head. Like blockhead and chucklehead, the compound treats dullness as having a heavy or poorly formed head.

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