plonker
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- noun
- /ˈplɒŋkə/
- Offensive
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idiota
- Wouldn't want to be a plonker.
Examples
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You absolute plonker, how could you forget my birthday?
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Who you calling a plonker?
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Turn up in a sensible dress and some pearls and you might as well wear a big sign saying, "Spot the Plonker."
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I'm not blessed with much fashion acuity, but I know a plonker when I see one.
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I'm not a plonker.
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-So long, you plonkers!
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He made a fool of himself at the party; what a plonker!
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Don't be such a plonker; it's not that difficult to understand.
Synonyms
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9.4
An insulting word for a person who behaves in a very strange or foolish way
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8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or strange way
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9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
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9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
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9.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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9.9
A person who acts foolishly or oddly
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9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
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9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
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9.9
A person who is foolish or silly and makes simple mistakes
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People call someone silly or crazy as a friendly joke
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A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
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A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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A person who behaves in a foolish way
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A person who says or does silly things
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A person who is silly and not serious
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A person who behaves very rudely and foolishly
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who is not very smart
A person who behaves carelessly and speaks without thinking
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who is very foolish and annoying
A person who acts very foolishly and cannot do simple tasks
A person who behaves in a silly way
Antonyms
Idioms
How Foolish
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Morphology
Etymology
The word plonker probably comes from the sound word plonk, like something heavy falling with a 'plonk' noise. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a clumsy, loud 'plonk' action, which is why a plonker means a foolish or awkward person.