Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, informal)A fool or idiot.

    You are a lunkhead! How could you be so stupid?

More definitions
  • a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Of course it doesn't work you lunkhead, you've not plugged it in!

Origin

Probably from *lunk (perhaps an alteration of lump; compare hunk & hump), a diminutive of

Probably from *lunk (perhaps an alteration of lump; compare hunk & hump), a diminutive of lump + head.

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Forms

plural: lunkheads
Singularlunkhead
Plurallunkheads

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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