dolt — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

   Usage

   • Derogatory

   Examples

   O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]

   Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]

   More examples (2)

   This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt.

   Those who loathe “Jackass” — which brought the world beer enemas and urine snow cones and thrust its merry band of dolts into reptile lairs and shark-infested waters — have called it disgusting and irresponsible: an incitement to copycat idiocy, if not a sign of the end of Western civilization.

Verb

1. To behave foolishly.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

2. To fool; to trick

   Examples

   Some by frequent Practice will never be dolted

Noun

1. a person who is not very bright

   Synonyms

   stupidstupid personstupedullardpudding headpudden-headpoor fishpillock

   Broader terms

   simpletonsimple

   Examples

   The economy, stupid!