lunk
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9.9
- noun
- /lʌŋk/
- Offensive
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patán
- The clumsy lunk knocked over the drinks while trying to impress the girl.
Examples
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But Axelrod, portrayed as a lovable lunk, is by no means dumb (he graduated first in his obedience class three times).
Blog text (25) -
-Because you're a big lunk.
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If those big lunks, Cash and Andy, want fresh bread, let them ride home and get it.
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Nah, the big lunk passed out after she drugged him, but not before he coughed up the info.
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Jessica Lunk is a copywriter and content marketer at Sendouts.
Blog text (13) -
In the Ford ad, it's an attempt to make a good-ole-boy love-it-or-lunk-it homily at the uptight atheists', slick city folk, whiny liberals, etc., etc. expense.
Blog text (17) -
He tripped over his own feet, looking like a total lunk in front of everyone.
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When he couldn't understand the joke, his friends called him a lunk playfully.
Synonyms
35
7.7
A person who is awkward or slow to do things
31
9.4
An insulting word for a person who behaves in a very strange or foolish way
11
7.9
A person who is rude and clumsy in social situations
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7.7
A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
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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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9.3
A person who is not very smart
3
9.9
A person who acts foolishly or oddly
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8.3
A person who often makes mistakes and seems clumsy
2
9.9
A man who is ordinary and not very smart
2
9.9
A large clumsy person who often knocks things over
1
9.9
A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
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9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
1
9.9
A clumsy person who is awkward in movement or manners
1
9.9
A foolish person who often does stupid things
1
9.9
A person who is not very smart
1
9.9
A clumsy person who is slow to understand and often acts foolishly
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A person who is new or unimportant and used as an insult
A foolish or awkward person
A person who behaves in a silly way
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
A person who acts silly or foolish
A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly
A very foolish person who is bad at doing things
A person who is very foolish and bad at what they do
A person who acts very foolishly and makes many mistakes
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
A person who is not very smart
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lunk probably comes from lunkhead and is like the common word lump ('a heavy piece'). Think of someone who is a heavy lump, slow and clumsy, and that image explains why lunk means a foolish, clumsy person today.