Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of chucklehead in a Sentence
most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads
Recent Examples on the Web
Anecdotes, hyperbole: the talking chuckleheads sowing and selling fear.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020
Of note: Peter shares the couch with legendary chuckleheads Beavis & Butt-head, and that cartoon mash-up features guest vocals from none other than B&B creator Mike Judge, as well as a questionable updo hairstyle for Peter.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 20 July 2019
For some reason, the actual governor of Virginia clears time from his busy schedule to ask Becca’s assorted chuckleheads a debate question.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 4 July 2018
Hey, maybe Mayfield can play and not be a polarizing chucklehead like Manziel.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
There's gold under that ice, and these chuckleheads are going to compete to get it.
—Emily Fehrenbacher, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 Aug. 2017
Most prominent among the neighbors are Erik Pfeifer’s kind Russian Boris and Kevin Ragsdale’s nosy chucklehead George.
—Eric Marchese, Orange County Register, 17 May 2017
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020
Of note: Peter shares the couch with legendary chuckleheads Beavis & Butt-head, and that cartoon mash-up features guest vocals from none other than B&B creator Mike Judge, as well as a questionable updo hairstyle for Peter.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 20 July 2019
For some reason, the actual governor of Virginia clears time from his busy schedule to ask Becca’s assorted chuckleheads a debate question.
—Melissa Locker, Time, 4 July 2018
Hey, maybe Mayfield can play and not be a polarizing chucklehead like Manziel.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
There's gold under that ice, and these chuckleheads are going to compete to get it.
—Emily Fehrenbacher, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 Aug. 2017
Most prominent among the neighbors are Erik Pfeifer’s kind Russian Boris and Kevin Ragsdale’s nosy chucklehead George.
—Eric Marchese, Orange County Register, 17 May 2017
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“Chucklehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chucklehead. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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