lunk
US/lʌnk/
lunk noun: a fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
Noun
lunk (plural lunks)
- A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
- Nonetheless, the joyful lunk is clearly a character whom [Travis] Kelce is happy to play on television and podcasts.2025 August 26, Helen Lewis, “The Defiant Conventionality of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce”, in The Atlantic
- “Shadow Ticket” opens in Prohibition-era Milwaukee. Our hero: Hicks McTaggart — former union buster turned muscle for hire, sensitive lunk, good dancer.2025 October 9, Parul Sehgal, “Thomas Pynchon Saw Where America Was Headed. What Does He See Now?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- Synonyms:
- addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo
Synonyms of lunk
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Forms of lunk
| plural | lunks |
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Origin of lunk
Clipping of lunkhead.
Words formed from lunk
Questions about lunk
- What does lunk mean?
- Lunk means a fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
- What part of speech is lunk?
- Lunk is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lunk?
- Lunk is pronounced /lʌnk/ (US).
- What is the plural of lunk?
- The plural of lunk is lunks.
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