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dumb as a haddock

dumb as a haddock adjective: utterly mute; never speaking.

Adjective

dumb as a haddock (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Utterly mute; never speaking.
    • The brandy got into it and did his business for him, and Coo reeled off home, leaving his entertainer as dumb as a haddock on a Good Friday.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 534
    Synonyms:
    dumb as a fish

Synonyms of dumb as a haddock

Questions about dumb as a haddock

What does dumb as a haddock mean?
Dumb as a haddock means utterly mute; never speaking.
What part of speech is dumb as a haddock?
Dumb as a haddock is an adjective.

Words near dumb as a haddock in the dictionary

  1. dumb as a box of rocks
  2. dumb as a brick
  3. dumb as a doorknob
  4. dumb as a doornail
  5. dumb as a fish
  6. dumb as a haddock
  7. dumb as a post
  8. dumb as a rock
  9. dumb as a sack of bricks
  10. dumb as a sack of hammers
  11. dumb as a stump

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