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 A clumsy or uncouth person.
- gannet noun Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
- 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.