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Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhn-der-hed
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌn dərˌhɛd



Definition of dunderhead

Origin :
  • 1620s, from head (n.); the first element is obscure; perhaps from Middle Dutch doner, donder "to thunder" (cf. blunderbuss).
  • As in simpleton : noun fool
  • As in mooncalf : noun fool
  • As in ninny : noun fool
  • As in schmo : noun fool
  • As in schmuck : noun fool
  • As in softhead : noun fool
  • As in tomfool : noun fool
  • As in turkey : noun fool
  • As in dunce : noun stupid person
  • As in fool : noun stupid or ridiculous person
  • As in half-wit : noun stupid person
Example sentences :
  • Well, if ever there was a dunderhead in this world it's me, it sure is.
  • Extract from : « Pippin; A Wandering Flame » by Laura E. Richards
  • The maltman's dunderhead son passed it about the ale-house that night.
  • Extract from : « Star of Mercia » by Blanche Devereux
  • Look at me, Sariette, old boy, and tell me if I look like a dunderhead.
  • Extract from : « The Revolt of the Angels » by Anatole France
  • I shall issue an address to the free and independent electors of Dunderhead.
  • Extract from : « Piccadilly » by Laurence Oliphant
  • If she hadn't married that dunderhead she'd have been a happy woman.
  • Extract from : « The Squire's Daughter » by Archibald Marshall
  • There is TOM, the dunderhead, who is always sleepy and he will put that down about him.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 » by Various
  • “The actual Superintendent of Dunderbunk is a dunderhead,” said Churm.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 » by Various
  • Because I'm not fool enough to believe that story—and not dunderhead enough to be taken in by a practical joke.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel » by Mary E. Hanshew
  • "The magazines are aft, you dunderhead," Joe Kivelson told him, shoving himself to his feet.
  • Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
  • A dunderhead, say the folk, can cotch fish; but it takes a man t find un.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Grenfell's Parish » by Norman Duncan

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