knucklehead

noun

knuck·​le·​head ˈnə-kəl-ˌhed How to pronounce knucklehead (audio)
Synonyms of knuckleheadnext
knuckleheaded adjective

Examples of knucklehead in a Sentence

Don't be such a knucklehead. I'd like to get my hands on the knucklehead who designed that paper-towel dispenser.
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Jay Paris: Our little gathering of knuckleheads trying to outsmart each other is classic. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026 My character is just total knucklehead. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025 Let’s fill you in, with one final LDS quadrupleheader edition from us knuckleheads at Weird and Wild Postseason Headquarters. Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 No white knucklehead wants to buy from him. Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knucklehead

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of knucklehead was in 1942

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“Knucklehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knucklehead. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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