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Meaning of "lummox" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUMMOX

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUMMOX

lummox  [ˈlʌməks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUMMOX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lummox is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUMMOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lummox in the English dictionary

The definition of lummox in the dictionary is a clumsy or stupid person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUMMOX


abrasax
əˈbræsəks
Appomattox
ˌæpəˈmætəks
ballocks
ˈbɒləks
barracks
ˈbærəks
bollocks
ˈbɒləks
buttocks
ˈbʌtəks
flummox
ˈflʌməks
hallux
ˈhæləks
Pollux
ˈpɒləks
prehallux
priːˈhæləks
Trossachs
ˈtrɒsəks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUMMOX

luminous efficacy
luminous efficiency
luminous energy
luminous exitance
luminous flux
luminous intensity
luminously
luminousness
lumisterol
lumme
lummy
lump
lump hammer
lump labour
lump sugar
lump sum
lumpectomies
lumpectomy
lumpen
lumpenly

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUMMOX

box
Comox
cox
detox
fox
gearbox
inbox
jukebox
Knox
light box
mailbox
orthodox
out of the box
ox
PO box
sox
the box
toolbox
vox
Xerox

Synonyms and antonyms of lummox in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lummox» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUMMOX

Find out the translation of lummox to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lummox from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lummox» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lummox
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lummox
570 millions of speakers

English

lummox
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lummox
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

увалень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lummox
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lummox
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lourdaud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lummox
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lummox
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lummox
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lummox
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lummox
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lummox
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lummox
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ल्यूम्क्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bön
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piombone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lummox
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телепень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

idiotule
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lummox
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lomp iemand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lummox
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lummox
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lummox

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMMOX»

The term «lummox» is normally little used and occupies the 121.463 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of lummox
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lummox».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMMOX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lummox» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lummox» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lummox

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUMMOX»

Discover the use of lummox in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lummox and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lummox
1923. Hurst, an American author, is noted for her sympathetic, sentimental novels including Lummox, Back Street, Imitation of Life and God Must Be Sad.
Fannie Hurst, 2005
2
Lummox: The Evolution of a Man
The lummox is Mike Magnuson, your friendly neighborhood big guy with a foul mouth, a spare tire around his midsection, and a tender heart, and these are his years working in factories, hanging out in taverns, befriending reprobates, going ...
Mike Magnuson, 2002
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Lummox
Magazine. Poetry. Art. Literary Nonfiction. LUMMOX is a yearly anthology about poetry in the small & underground press. It features the work of over 200 poets via poetry, essays, interviews, art and reviews.
R. D. Armstrong, 2012
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The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction
At stake is Lummox's life. The owner of the roses wants him destroyed, as does the state executive secretary of the Keep Earth Human League. The spokesman for one of the insurance companies “expected to levy against the beast itself; ...
Thomas D. Clareson, Joe Sanders, Donald E. Palumbo, 2014
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Best of Prairie Schooner: Fiction and Poetry
Lummox, I was the first to call him lummox, lummox, savoring the word. Some words you savor for themselves, some for the moment they were shaped for. I loved his being there for the right word as I was there to name him for what he was, ...
Hilda Raz, 2001
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Imitations of Life: Fannie Hurst’s Gaslight Sonatas
Minor characters rotating around Bertha are Dickensian, created within this tale of the grotesque for maximum cinematic possibilities, but what Fannie Hurst regarded as her major achievement in Lummox was that the novel “symbolized ( her) ...
Abe C. Ravitz, 2009
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Fang and Claw: Tooth and Nail
Douglas Christian Larsen allegedly put two cops in the hospital, and Standish, grinning, eases the hammer back, lovingly, and he just means to scare the shit out of the lummox, enlighten him a bit, but then the gangling boy is there screaming ...
Douglas Christian Larsen, 2011
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Golf Beat: A Year in the Life of Persimmon Pines
Among those who discovered how slippery a roadway becomes when it's covered with water and windchill was Al Lummox, President of First National Bank of Lickendine Gap, Recording Secretary of Valley Heights Country Club 1957-1974 ...
Larry Caringer, 2012
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Operation Dolby: The Ex-Copper Who Was Framed and Thrown in ...
“Well we've got to eat Colin, the big lummox is hungry.” and he looked over to Brian, who was making up the single bed, against the wall opposite. Brian swung round and dragged Tim off the top bunk and Tim started squealing for help. “Don't  ...
Constantine Buller, 2013
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Classic Yiddish Stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem ...
The lummox went into the room, I brought in the samovar, and I served him and the lady of the house all evening. At night, in bed, I thought about who the coarse fellow could be. He could sit for an entire evening alone with the doctor's wife.
Ken Frieden, Project Muse, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUMMOX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lummox is used in the context of the following news items.
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First look at Trainwreck: LeBron James and Amy Schumer shine
WWE wrestler John Cena plays Amy's boyfriend when the movie begins, a muscle-bound lummox whose devotion to her is both amusing and ... «Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News, Jul 15»
2
World Cinema: Battle of the exes
We learn that Walter tried some pretty low tricks to delay or stop the divorce: “A big fat lummox like you — hiring an airplane to write: 'Hildy, ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
3
Stephen King Audiobook 'Drunken Fireworks' Fizzles
An unemployed lummox of a man, McCausland spends most of his time getting drunk with his portly mother, and for years, the two have been ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
4
Captain America: The First Avenger - Marvel Universe Easter Eggs …
Part of Steve Rogers' cover when he was at Camp Lehigh had to be that he was kind of a big, dumb, lummox...and thus, poor Sgt. Duffy, who ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
5
Agreeing to remove the Confederate flag isn't courageous. It's just …
through the Twitter-madding crowd with the enthusiasm of a lummox who proposes to his girlfriend on the ballgame Jumbotron and thumbs-up ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
The Motherf***** with the Hat, Lyttelton
Her boyfriend is Jackie, a big, kind-hearted lummox, on parole and battling alcoholism, though he's currently dry. He goes off to see his AA ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
7
Aquarius: “Home Is Where You're Happy”
His idiot ex-wife is no help, and somehow he can't even crack Walt's lummox friend. Apparently, becoming a seminarian was another way to ... «A.V. Club DC, Jun 15»
8
'Entourage': Queens buddies back on screen
Vince Chase (Adrian Grenier) hits it big as a film star; his brother Johnny “Drama” Chase (Kevin Dillon) is a bit of a lummox who picks up odd ... «Queens Chronicle, Jun 15»
9
Betsy Palmer: The Ultimate Horror Badass
No, not that fame whoring lummox named Jason. He took over the splatter mantle when Mommy bought the farm near the end of the original ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
10
Baerren: The Mackinac conference is stupid and terrible
Decision makers, most of them just a rung or two up the ladder from Dunderheaded Lummox, hobnob with other decision makers in a very ... «The Morning Sun, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lummox [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lummox>. Apr 2024 ».
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