Meaning & use
knucklehead
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A foolish or stupid person, used in a mild, often affectionate way.
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Quit fooling around, you knucklehead, or we'll miss the bus.
He laughed and called himself a knucklehead for forgetting his own keys.
A note on using this word
Informal and usually light-hearted rather than genuinely insulting, often used between friends or family.
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