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noun
A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an awkward stupid person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lump, gawk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clumsy person
History
Unknown. First attested in 1825 in East Anglian slang. Perhaps from "dumb ox", influenced by lumbering; or from or cognate to dialectal verb lummock (“move about heavily or clumsily”), itself a word of uncertain origin.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
