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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

  1. noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
  2. noun A large tropical seabird related to gannets, once thought clumsy on land.
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