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idiot — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dolt noun A stupid or slow-witted person.
  • dope noun (informal) An illegal drug, especially marijuana or heroin.
  • idiot noun A foolish or stupid person, or someone who makes a very poor decision.
  • jerk verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.
  • nincompoop noun A silly, foolish person.

Senses

idiot is used for these senses in English:

  • dolt (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • dope (countable, slang) A stupid person.
  • dumdum (childish, _, or, _, endearing) An ignorant person; an idiot.
  • idiot (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
  • jerk (originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.
  • nincompoop (derogatory) A foolish or silly person. [from 16th c.]

dope — full definition

  1. noun (informal) An illegal drug, especially marijuana or heroin.
  2. noun Inside information, or useful facts about something.
  3. noun (informal) A foolish or stupid person.
  4. adj (slang) Excellent, impressive, cool.
  5. verb To give someone drugs, often secretly or illegally, or (in sports) to use banned performance-enhancing drugs.

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