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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A stupid person; a dunce.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a person of low intelligence; a dunce; a blockhead; -- used deprecatingly to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence or capabilities.

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  • noun slang Someone who is stubborn, thick-skulled, and stupid.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Etymologies

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bone +‎ head

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