as in idiots
a stupid person
even a knucklehead like me can use this system
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Recent Examples of knuckleheads
But the entire operation has been predicated on the fact that these lovable knuckleheads are falling into an open sewer in the name of comedy for us.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
To be blunt, rather than being the smartest guys in the room, they are thought to be knuckleheads and bought everything to do with heavily indebted loan packaging, both public and private.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
Let’s fill you in, with one final LDS quadrupleheader edition from us knuckleheads at Weird and Wild Postseason Headquarters.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
To be blunt, rather than being the smartest guys in the room, they are thought to be knuckleheads and bought everything to do with heavily indebted loan packaging, both public and private.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knuckleheads
Noun
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Every fan base has idiots and every popular athlete attracts trolls.
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Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud.
Noun
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
Noun
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The lunatics are running the asylum.
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Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and other lunatics round out the cast.
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“Knuckleheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knuckleheads. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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