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    clodpole
    /ˈklɒdpəʊl/

    noun

    • 1. a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person. informal, dated

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  2. A dull or stupid person.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  3. Jul 8, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] clodpole (plural clodpoles) ( derogatory) A stupid person; blockhead . Derived terms. [ edit] clodpolish. See also. [ edit] tadpole. Anagrams. [ edit] colloped. Categories: English compound terms. English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns. English derogatory terms. English terms with quotations.

  4. noun. clod· poll ˈkläd-ˌpōl. variants or clodpole. Synonyms of clodpoll. : blockhead. Synonyms. airhead. birdbrain. blockhead. bonehead. bubblehead. chowderhead. chucklehead. clot [ British] cluck. clunk. cretin. cuddy [ British dialect] cuddie. deadhead. dim bulb [ slang] dimwit. dip. dodo. dolt. donkey. doofus [ slang] dope. dork [ slang] dullard

  5. 1. a lump of earth or clay. 2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps. 3. Also called: clodpole, clod poll or clodpate a dull or stupid person. 4. (Cookery) a cut of beef taken from the shoulder. [Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud] ˈcloddy adj. ˈcloddish adj. ˈcloddishly adv. ˈcloddishness n.

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  7. Clodpole definition: (pejorative) A <a>stupid</a> person; <a>blockhead.</a>.

  8. Jun 13, 2024 · A dull or stupid person.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  9. clodpole ( pl. clodpoles) ( pejorative) a stupid person; blockhead. c. 1600:, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, or What You Will. ...this letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror in the youth: he will find it comes from a clodpole.

  10. noun pejorative a stupid person; blockhead. Etymologies. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. clod +‎ pole (“head”) Support. Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word clodpole . Examples. "This letter, being so excellently ignorant ... it comes from a ."

  11. There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun clod-poll. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.