lunk
Pronunciations (2)
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/lʌnk/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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[lʌŋk]
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
Usage- Derogatory
- Informal
- Examples
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Nonetheless, the joyful lunk is clearly a character whom [Travis] Kelce is happy to play on television and podcasts.
“Shadow Ticket” opens in Prohibition-era Milwaukee. Our hero: Hicks McTaggart — former union buster turned muscle for hire, sensitive lunk, good dancer.
More examples (1)
And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which even his monarch brother reportedly doesn’t know how he pays for), joshing away at family funerals, and just sort of … riding it out, each time another of his lies about this story is exposed.
Word forms
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