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单词 knucklehead
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knucklehead

[ nuhk-uhl-hed ]
/ ˈnʌk əlˌhɛd /
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noun Informal.

a stupid, bumbling, inept person.

Origin of knucklehead

First recorded in 1940–45; knuckle + head

OTHER WORDS FROM knucklehead

knuck·le·head·ed, adjective

Words nearby knucklehead

knuckleballer, knucklebone, knucklebones, knuckle down, knuckle-duster, knucklehead, knuckle joint, knuckle pads, knuckle sandwich, knuckle under, Knudsen
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Example sentences from the Web for knucklehead

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

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

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British Dictionary definitions for knucklehead

knucklehead
/ (ˈnʌkəlˌhɛd) /

noun

informal fool; idiot

Derived forms of knucklehead

knuckleheaded, adjective
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