Definitions

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

  • noun A clumsy or stupid person.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An unwieldy, clumsy, stupid fellow.

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

  • noun Low. A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun informal A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

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

  • noun an awkward stupid person

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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Examples

  • Aside from a couple of supporting characters -- Tommy was a real standout for me with his lummox-like personality and humor -- no one beyond the main characters felt particularly real to me.

    Rabid Reads: "Whitechapel Gods" by S.M. Peters 2010

  • A soldier with flaming-red hair aimed his rifle at the police station, and a big, ugly lummox pointed his handgun in the same direction.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • God knows what else they are going to dig up on this lummox.

    GOP senator wants Sanford to be impeached 2009

  • A soldier with flaming-red hair aimed his rifle at the police station, and a big, ugly lummox pointed his handgun in the same direction.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • She starred in all three as the hoity-toity wife of a lummox cab driver played by the unlovely but likeable William Bendix.

    Grace Bradley obituary Ronald Bergan 2010

  • As I mentioned, Surly have lent me a "Big Dummy" as well as a cargo bicycle to haul this drooling, blathering lummox around with as he is too stupid to walk and as I sat near it recently I watched as a gentleman, seemingly oblivious to my presence, began eyeing it with considerable interest:

    BSNYC Post-Wednesday Boondoggle! BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • I was happy to serve, but it was a struggle to make ends meet in a country with no cleaners experienced in working with ermine, so I was delighted to be invited back to Westminster to help lift that lummox Gordon out of the mire into which he and Tony had led the country in my absence.

    Mandelson's memoirs: the alternative draft As seen by John Crace 2010

  • The Obama I know sees you, the law abiding gun owner, as nothing but a low-class lummox who is easily swayed by the flash of a smile and a ration of rosy rhetoric.

    Exclusive Video: Is This the Walking Record Whitetail? 2008

  • I sent the big lummox packing, off to find himself an apartment that very night.

    Famous Female Artist 2010

  • Don't be a big lummox -- buy all your Christmas stuff after January 1!

    Suggestions for Santa 2008

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