blockhead

/ˌblɑkˈhɛd/
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Other forms: blockheads

Definitions of blockhead
  1. noun
    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
    synonyms: bonehead, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull
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    type of:
    dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person
    a person who is not very bright
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