dumbbell
4
7.5
- noun
- /ˈdʌmˌbɛl/
- Offensive
- This guy is so drunk on himself he thinks we're all dumbbells!
Examples
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I'm serious, you big dumbbell.
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What was he, a dumbbell?
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- Any dumbbell can tell that.
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You let me go and then run to the airport as fast as you and this dumbbell can get there.
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Boy, you take me for a dumbbell!
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-Go get him, you dumbbell!
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What a dumbbell Sherry is.
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The fewer dumbbells in my life, the better.
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Don't be a dumbbell!
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Don't be such a dumbbell; everyone knows you shouldn't touch that hot stove.
Synonyms
∞
1.2
A person who acts very stupidly, used as an insult
157
6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
76
8.1
A person who is not very smart or acts silly
61
9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
52
8.2
A person who acts in a stupid or foolish way
45
2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
36
1.1
A person who is not very smart and often makes bad choices
34
7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
34
8.0
A person who acts silly or seems not very smart
23
8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
19
8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
17
7.7
A person who is not very smart
16
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
12
6.8
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
12
9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
6
8.7
A person who is not very smart
3
9.3
A person who is not very smart
3
9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
2
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
2
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
2
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
2
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
A very rude name used to insult someone who does something very stupid
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
A person who is not very intelligent
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A joking name for someone who does something silly
1
9.9
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
1
9.9
A foolish or awkward person
1
9.9
A rude name for a person who is slow to understand
A joking insult for someone who feels very foolish
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
Antonyms
How Stupid
- Offensive
∞
1.2
- Offensive
4
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dumbbell used as a joke for a foolish person comes from the name of the weight and dumb meaning 'stupid'. People compared someone slow or clumsy to a heavy, silent object, so calling someone a dumbbell is a playful way to say they were being foolish.