dumb cluck

noun

Definition of dumb clucknext
as in thickhead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumb cluck
  1. stupid
  2. natural
  3. know-nothing
  4. cluck
  5. imbecile
  6. numbskull
  7. dunderhead
  8. dip
Noun
  • An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The stupid!
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
Definition of stupid
Noun
  • The 20-year-old looked a natural on the international stage despite having only made his first Premier League appearance three months earlier.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
  • So its natural for some fans on social media to be curious about what Wendy Williams would have to say about the legal situation Diddy currently finds himself in.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of natural
Noun
  • Instead, Fuego was a know-nothing machine that based its decisions on random choices and statistics.
    Jonathan Schaeffer, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2014
  • Who knew the know-nothing King in the North had capitalist ambition?
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 2 July 2024
Definition of know-nothing
Noun
  • For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Her 8-year-old daughter, wearing pigtails, sucked on a lollipop as the clucks of chickens cut through the quiet of the neighborhood. 1 of 2 In Georgia, agriculture is a $83.6 billion industry that supports more than 323,000 jobs, according to the Georgia Farm Bureau.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of cluck
Noun
  • Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2016
  • Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2016
Definition of imbecile
Noun
  • Scott, likewise, packs his divisive prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, with a bunch of disposable and largely unsympathetic numbskulls.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Fey didn’t write this uneven comedy, but it’s got some of the same sophisticated satire of big-city elites that 30 Rock exudes, and Martin has a ball playing a pompous numbskull who doesn’t know that ponytails have been over for more than a decade.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
Definition of numbskull
Noun
  • Back in 1848, being called a goose was like being called a dunderhead.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
  • But don't be too quick to write off these tiny critters as dunderheads.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
Definition of dunderhead
Noun
  • Volunteering is on the rise across the country after COVID-era dips, a new AmeriCorps report finds.
    Andrew King, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
  • In the 12 markets analyzed, there were 406 sales in the $10 million-plus category, an 18 percent dip in volume, as well as a 17 percent drop in value compared to the previous quarter.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of dip
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