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单词 lubbers
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lubber

noun

lub·​ber ˈlə-bər How to pronounce lubber (audio)
1
: a big clumsy fellow
2
: a clumsy seaman
lubberliness
ˈlə-bər-lē-nəs How to pronounce lubber (audio)
noun
lubberly
ˈlə-bər-lē How to pronounce lubber (audio)
adjective or adverb

Synonyms

  • clod
  • clodhopper
  • gawk
  • hulk
  • lout
  • lug
  • lump
  • Neanderthal
  • oaf
  • palooka
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Example Sentences

although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart the two lubbers who came to deliver my furniture
Recent Examples on the Web Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly. Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019 Many young lubbers are eaten by spiders, birds and other insects. Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019 Land lubbers hike: Lace up those shoes for a 9 to 11 a.m. excursion on Sunday, Oct. 20, to Ansel’s Cave in The West Woods in Russell Township. Joan Rusek, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019 Water-lubbers can easily access freshwater lakes, rural flatland and woodland forests. Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018 China does not have the sealift, airlift, or sustainment capability to project force to Taiwan - and that's before the US Navy gets involved as lubber points out below. Isaac Stone Fish, Slate Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017 Lubbers expects that Cuban Travel Network will start offering small group tours built around live events to attract American travelers looking for a Cuban music experience but unable to go on their own. Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard, 22 June 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English lobre, lobur

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

lubbers

noun

plural of lubber
1
as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hulks
  • losers
  • lumps
  • idiots
  • morons
  • skunks
  • geese
  • skunk
  • oafs
  • brutes
  • louts
  • snakes
  • clowns
  • clodhoppers
  • lunatics
  • turkeys
  • beasts
  • villains
  • mutts
  • palookas
  • fools
  • gawks
  • creeps
  • clods
  • turkeys
  • nuts
  • stupids
  • chumps
  • lugs
  • blunderers
  • prats
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • dummies
  • rogues
  • deadheads
  • galoots
  • blockheads
  • noddies
  • simps
  • boors
  • churls
  • yahoos
  • stocks
  • dolts
  • ninnies
  • stupes
  • numskulls
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • dullards
  • donkeys
  • knuckleheads
  • loons
  • dopes
  • dunderheads
  • boneheads
  • chuckleheads
  • pinheads
  • bubbleheads
  • lunkheads
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • fatheads
  • dimwits
  • dunces
  • curs
  • Neanderthals
  • cads
  • ignorami
  • rascals
  • schlemiels
  • hammerheads
  • chowderheads
  • simpletons
  • stinkers
  • nincompoops
  • louses
  • apes
  • cretins
  • jackasses
  • ganders
  • goons
  • airheads
  • slouches
  • numbskulls
  • dips
  • cuddies
  • anthropoids
  • boobies
  • noodles
  • tykes
  • sapheads
  • loonies
  • dorks
  • meatheads
  • loggerheads
  • birdbrains
  • nitwits
  • ratbags
  • golems
  • madmen
  • scatterbrains
  • clucks
  • goofs
  • dum-dums
  • doofuses
  • scamps
  • know-nothings
  • shlubs
  • tikes
  • schlubs
  • lamebrains
  • dodos
  • schnooks
  • clodpoles
  • half-wits
  • nits
  • dumbbells
  • woodenheads
  • thickheads
  • dufuses
  • clunks
  • dim bulbs
  • dumbheads
  • ninnyhammers
  • shlemiels
  • mugs
  • momes
  • clodpolls
  • dodoes
  • clots
  • dummkopfs
  • yo-yos
  • featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sages
  • wizards
  • intellectuals
  • thinkers
  • brains
  • genii
  • geniuses
  • brainiacs
  • whizzes
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2
as in dubs
a clumsy, awkward person the two lubbers who came to deliver my furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dubs
  • gawks
  • klutzes
  • lumps
  • oafs
  • louts
  • loobies
  • clodhoppers
  • bunglers
  • tykes
  • duffers
  • lummoxes
  • tikes
  • stumblers
  • fumblers
  • stumblebums
  • gawkies
  • tawpies
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