Tölpel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- booby noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
- boor noun A rude, ill-mannered person.
- bumpkin noun An unsophisticated, awkward person from the countryside; a yokel.
- butterfingers noun A clumsy person who tends to drop things.
- clumsy adj Awkward in movement; lacking grace or coordination.
- dolt noun A stupid or slow-witted person.
- galoot noun Someone who is clumsy or lacks manners.
- gannet noun A large seabird with a black and white body and long, pointed wings, that dives into the sea to catch fish.
- hump noun A rounded raised lump or bulge, such as on a camel's back or in a road.
- lout noun A rude, clumsy, or aggressive person, especially a man.
- oaf noun A clumsy, foolish, or unrefined person.
- rube noun (informal, often derogatory) An unsophisticated or naive person, especially someone from the countryside.
Senses
Tölpel is used for these senses in English:
- booby A stupid person.
- booby Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
- boor A yokel, country bumpkin.
- bumpkin A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
- butterfingers Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
- clumsy (informal, fairly, _, rare) A clumsy person.
- dolt (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- galoot (derogatory) A clumsy or uncouth person.
booby — full definition
- noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
- noun A large tropical seabird related to gannets, once thought clumsy on land.
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