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numbnuts

/ˈnʌmnʌts/

numbnuts noun: a slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).

Noun

numbnuts (plural numbnuts or numbnutses)

  1. (US, derogatory, humorous, often, slang, sometimes) A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).
    • Tell numbnuts over there to wake up and pay attention to his work.
    • What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?1987, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey)

Forms of numbnuts

pluralnumbnuts
pluralnumbnutses
alternative formnumb-nuts
alternative formnumb nut

Origin of numbnuts

From numb + nuts.

Questions about numbnuts

What does numbnuts mean?
Numbnuts means a slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male).
What part of speech is numbnuts?
Numbnuts is a noun.
How do you pronounce numbnuts?
Numbnuts is pronounced /ˈnʌmnʌts/.
What is the plural of numbnuts?
The plural of numbnuts is numbnuts.

Words near numbnuts in the dictionary

  1. numbles
  2. numbly
  3. numbness
  4. numbnesses
  5. numbnut
  6. numbnuts
  7. numbnutses
  8. numbre
  9. numbres
  10. numbrous
  11. numbs

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