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
  • 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
  • As teens, the two flaxen-haired boys were naturals at making funny and engaging Vines, the six-second video app that was a precursor to TikTok.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of natural
Noun
  • Who knew the know-nothing King in the North had capitalist ambition?
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 2 July 2024
  • That end would be a story not so different from the one told by Miles Davis of his encounter with a know-nothing politician’s wife at a White House reception.
    Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Definition of know-nothing
Noun
  • 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
  • So what makes the fried chicken served at a grocery store, no-frills eatery and a couple of high-end restaurants a cluck above the rest?
    South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 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
  • Mainland investors continued to buy dips in Hong Kong.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The ratings dip comes amid rising uncertainty at MSNBC, which is part of a pack of cable networks set to be separated from NBCUniversal under a spinoff plan revealed earlier this week by corporate parent Comcast.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of dip
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