Meaning & use
clods
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Lumps of earth or clay, or, informally, clumsy or stupid people.
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The farmer broke up the clods of soil before planting.
He tripped over his own feet again — what a clod.
A note on using this word
The literal 'lump of earth' sense is older; the informal insult sense developed from the idea of someone being as dull as a clump of dirt.
Words with a similar meaning
lumpschunksoafs
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