See lunkhead on Wiktionary
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"informal"
],
"word": "yo-yo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "zany"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "Vulgar:"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "ass"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "assclown"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "asshat"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "asshead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "asstard"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "asswipe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "buttbreath"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dildo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dipshit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "donkey dick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"word": "Alternative spelling of dumbass."
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dumbfuck"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dumbfucker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "dumbshit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "farthead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "fuck-knuckle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "fucktard"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "fuckwit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "jackass"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "peckerhead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shitbrain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shithead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shitneck"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "shitwit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:idiot",
"tags": [
"Britain",
"slang",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "twat"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlʌnk.hɛd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlʌŋk.ɦɛd]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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}
],
"word": "lunkhead"
}
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