A big, clumsy, stupid fellow; esp. one who lives in idleness; a lout. Also in †to play the lubber. In early quots. frequently applied to a monk (cf…

A lazy hulking fellow; a lout; an awkward, stupid, clownish person.

‘A clumsy, awkward, senseless person’ (Jamieson). Also attributive.

An awkward, slovenly, or ungainly man; a lubber, lout, clown; also, a lazy, idle fellow.

A sluggish fellow, a dull lout. Also attributive or as adj. (Only in Gawin Douglas.)

A clumsy fellow.

A country bumpkin: a clown, lout. Now dialect.

An awkward ill-mannered fellow; a bumpkin, clown.

A foolish person, a simpleton; a fool, a clown.

A clown, fool, idiot.

A lubber.

A country bumpkin; a clown, lout, boor; a heavy dull creature; a blundering fool.

transferred. A lazy spiritless person; a rustic, simpleton, dolt, fool; also, playfully, lad, ‘fellow’, ‘chap’. Obsolete.

An ignorant countryman; a silly fellow, booby. Now chiefly U.S.

A sottish fellow, a lout.

As a term of abuse: a person of low social status; an ignorant, stupid, unsophisticated, or (formerly esp.) unprincipled person; a boor, a lout…

transferred. A man without refinement or culture; an ignorant, rude, uncouth, ill-bred man.

= lubber, n.

One who goes clumsily or blunderingly.

Applied to persons. As a term of opprobrium: A heavy, dull person. (Cf. 1c.)

A fool; an oaf, a blunderer; a noisy or babbling person (cf. blatter, n.). Also as a general term of abuse.

A childish, foolish, inept, or blundering person; (also) (chiefly English regional) a person (esp. a child) who cries readily, a crybaby. Now collo…

= lobcock, n.

jocularly. A heavy or clumsy person. Obsolete.

a clownish blockhead.

A silly or foolish person.

Originally: †an elf's child, a changeling; = ouphe, n. (obsolete). In later use: a fool, a stupid person; a large, clumsy man or boy; a rude and…

A lubber, blockhead.

A person resembling a brute in want of intelligence, cruelty, coarseness, sensuality, etc. Now (colloquial) often merely a strong term of…

A dull, spiritless, foolish, or stupid person. Now rare.

An awkward, foolish person; a lout, a simpleton.

A big hulking fellow, a chuckle-head.

A blockhead, numbskull, dolt; a stupid lout.

(a generic name for) a simple, unsophisticated, or dull man; a simpleton, an oaf; also attributive, designating something ordinary, commonplace, or…

A gander; also, a clumsy or stupid person.

A large, heavy, or clumsy person; an ungainly or stupid lout.

An awkward person; a fool; a simpleton.

A rustic lout or simpleton: usually country jake.

A stupid, clumsy person.

‘An awkward or uncouth fellow: often used as a term of good-natured depreciation’ (Standard Dict.). Originally U.S.

A stupid, clumsy person. Scottish and dialect.

A slow-witted, awkward, or gullible person; a fool, dupe; a bore. U.S. slang.

A person who is awkward, ignorant, or blundering; an incompetent, a fool. Also without negative connotation: a person, a fellow.

A stupid, clumsy, or uncouth person; a lout; (Boxing) an inferior or mediocre prizefighter.

A worthless person, a fool, a loser, a jerk; an unkempt, slovenly, or plain-looking person.