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PRONUNCIATION:

(lungk)

MEANING:

noun: A dull or slow-witted person.

ETYMOLOGY:

Short for lunkhead, from lunk (a blend of lump + hunk) + head. Earliest documented use: 1867.

USAGE:

“Bob ... being a lunk, he stumbles into a trap.”
Hitler’s Hit Parade; The New Yorker; Jan 10, 2005.

See more usage examples of lunk in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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