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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnʌmpti/ Audio: en-uk-Numpty.ogg Forms: numpties [plural], numptie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌmpti Etymology: Borrowed from Scots numpty (“fool, idiot”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|numpty|t=fool, idiot}} Scots numpty (“fool, idiot”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} numpty (plural numpties)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory) An idiot, dolt or fool. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory
    Sense id: en-numpty-en-noun-ktvAQT-r Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: alcatote [obsolete], asshat [US, vulgar], arsehole [British, vulgar], asshole [US, vulgar], bayard [archaic], berk [British], birdbrain, blither [dated], bobchin [obsolete], bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie [Australian, British], chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle [US, dated], dim bulb, dingleberry, dipshit [vulgar], dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk [Australian], doodle [dated], doofus, dope, dork, dote [obsolete], dotterel, dullard, dumbass [US, vulgar], dumbbell, dumb fuck [US, vulgar], dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle [obsolete], fuckwit [vulgar], fuzznut [slang], geck [archaic], gig [Britain, archaic, dialectal], gink, goober [Southern-US], gooseberry [British], gowk, gubbins, gump [US, dated], ha'p'orth [British, dated], Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk [US], jerkoff [US, vulgar], jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong [British, vulgar], moron, mug [British], muggins [British], mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop [dated], nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps [obsolete], numpty, nupson [obsolete], oaf, pillock [Australian, British, Irish, New-Zealand], pinhead, plonker [British], prat [British], retard, shit for brains [vulgar], shithead [vulgar], shitwit [vulgar], schmo, schmuck [US], snapperhead, softhead, sot [dated], stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto [British], tool [Australian], tosser [British, vulgar], tosspot, twat [British, vulgar], twerp, twit, wally [British], wantwit, wazzock [British, Irish], yampy [British]

Noun [Scots]

Forms: numpties [plural], numptie [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|numpties|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} numpty (plural numpties), {{sco-noun|numpties}} numpty (plural numpties)
  1. (derogatory) An idiot or fool. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-numpty-sco-noun-byJtTHVX Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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