knuckleheaded

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English

Etymology

From knuckle +‎ headed.

Adjective

knuckleheaded (comparative more knuckleheaded, superlative most knuckleheaded)

  1. Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
    • 2018 July 10, Jesse Hassenger, “Improbably but amusingly, Hotel Transylvania 3 notches a series best”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 9 July 2018:
      It’s not exactly a Pixar-level examination of complicated family dynamics, and the movie still has plenty of knuckled-headed, Sandler-style boys-will-be-dumbasses shtick: Children everywhere will surely thrill to the sub-subplot about Frank catching hell about his gambling problem from his wife, Eunice (Fran Drescher)!