dumb cluck

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Noun
  • The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
    Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What began as conceptual satire about know-nothing critics with nothing to say became, Heidecker believes, more about the democratization of entertainment and the last days of Hollywood reverence.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That said, what’s more insufferable—a skeptical know-it-all or a proud know-nothing?
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Chickens cluck as students rush to collect eggs.
    Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The loneliness must’ve broken our poor Mister Killer, the sailors would cluck over his body.
    Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Insulting this imbecile became the most rewarding pastime on earth.
    Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • 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
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
Noun
  • Tune into yourself while tuning out the outside world courtesy of an E-bike ride under the Tuscan sun, a stroll through the olive groves, a dip in the infinity pool, a meditative massage, or a private cooking class using ingredients sourced from the property.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Karaban, whose numbers have always hovered in the same range, saw the biggest dip of his career.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And yet Danielle is currently playing The Traitors so poorly — making big, sloppy, conspicuous moves, alienating potential allies, and fancying herself an Oscar-winning actress while displaying community-center theatrics — that even scene-stealing ignoramus Tom Sandoval has taken notice.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
  • And finally, there is Remy (Guillaume Cyr), a well-meaning security guard at the Quebec Maple Association who is a bit of an ignoramus.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Dumb cluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb%20cluck. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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