lunk

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/lʌnk/
See all 2 pronunciations
/lʌnk/ · [lʌŋk]

Definition of lunk

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (derogatory, informal)A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
    “Nonetheless, the joyful lunk is clearly a character whom [Travis] Kelce is happy to play on television and podcasts.”
    ““Shadow Ticket” opens in Prohibition-era Milwaukee. Our hero: Hicks McTaggart — former union buster turned muscle for hire, sensitive lunk, good dancer.”
    “And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which even his monarch brother reportedly doesn’t know how he pays for), joshing away at family funerals, and just sort of … riding it out, each time another of his lies about this story is exposed.”

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Etymology

Clipping of lunkhead.

Words you can make from lunk

3 playable · top: LUN (3 pts)

Best play lun 3 points

2-letter words

2 words

Hooks

5 extensions · 4 front · 1 back

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