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lummox

 
Dictionary: lum·mox   (lŭm'əks) pronunciation
n. Informal
A clumsy or stupid person.

[Origin unknown.]


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noun

    A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person: gawk, hulk, lout, lump1, oaf, ox. Slang klutz, lug1, meatball, meathead. See ability/inability.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an awkward stupid person
  Synonyms: lout, klutz, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lump, gawk


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stor dum tamp

Nederlands (Dutch)
onhandige persoon, klungel

Français (French)
n. - (US) lourdaud

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dummkopf, Tölpel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βλάκας, χαϊβάνι

Italiano (Italian)
stupido

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brutamontes (m)

Русский (Russian)
увалень, балда

Español (Spanish)
n. - ganso, tonto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tölp, drummel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
愚蠢不中用者, 笨伯

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 愚蠢不中用者, 笨伯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 솜씨 없는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 動きの鈍い太っちょ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص أخرق, مغفل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגושם, גולם, טמבל‬


 
 
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