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The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The more I do it, the more I'm humbled. I'm just always trying to get better at it. I pick up a few tricks along the way.
Cliff Martinez

Meaning of "numbskull" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NUMBSKULL

From numb + skull.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NUMBSKULL

numbskull  [ˈnʌmˌskʌl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUMBSKULL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Numbskull 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 NUMBSKULL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Numbskull

Numbskull may refer to: ▪ Numbskull, a 1999 Britpop album ▪ Numbskull - San Luis Obispo Ca 11/2/05, a 2006 rock album ▪ The Numbskulls, a 1980s acid house band from Boulder, Colorado ▪ Dunce ▪ Fool ▪ Idiot...

Definition of numbskull in the English dictionary

The definition of numbskull in the dictionary is a stupid person; dolt; blockhead.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUMBSKULL


caracul
ˈkærəˌkʌl
cull
kʌl
numskull
ˈnʌmˌskʌl
scull
skʌl
skull
skʌl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUMBSKULL

number-cruncher
numberable
numbered account
numberer
numbering
numbering machine
numberless
numberlessly
numberlessness
numberplate
numbers
numbers game
numbers racket
numbfish
numbhead
numbingly
numbles
numbly
numbness
numdah

WORDS THAT END LIKE NUMBSKULL

bull
chock-full
dull
full
gull
half-full
hull
in full
lull
mull
multihull
null
pull
push-pull
ring-pull
seagull
Solihull
the Bull
to the full
Tull

Synonyms and antonyms of numbskull in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NUMBSKULL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «numbskull» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of numbskull
berk · blockhead · bogan · bonehead · buffoon · charlie · clot · coot · dickhead · dimwit · dipstick · divvy · dolt · doofus · dope · dork · dullard · dummy · dunce · dunderhead · dweeb · eejit · fathead · fool · fuckwit · geek · gobshite · gonzo · jerk · lamebrain · nitwit · numpty · oaf · pillock · plank · plonker · prat · prick · putz · schmuck · simpleton · thickhead · thicko · twit · wally

Translation of «numbskull» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NUMBSKULL

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

Translator English - Chinese

numbskull
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

numbskull
570 millions of speakers

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numbskull
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

numbskull
380 millions of speakers
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numbskull
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болван
278 millions of speakers

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numbskull
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Translator English - Bengali

numbskull
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numbskull
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Numbskull
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holzkopf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

numbskull
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Translator English - Korean

numbskull
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Translator English - Javanese

Numbskull
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

numbskull
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

numbskull
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षेपणास्त्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mankafa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

numbskull
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Translator English - Polish

tępaku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

болван
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prostovan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

numbskull
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

numbskull
14 millions of speakers
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numbskull
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

numbskull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of numbskull

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUMBSKULL»

The term «numbskull» is regularly used and occupies the 88.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUMBSKULL» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «NUMBSKULL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word numbskull.
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Cliff Martinez
The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. The more I do it, the more I'm humbled. I'm just always trying to get better at it. I pick up a few tricks along the way.
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Cliff Martinez
The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUMBSKULL»

Discover the use of numbskull in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to numbskull and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Numbskull Factor: The Decline of Common Sense in America
A Newsweek columnist argues that Americans are victims of their own illusions, they hear what they want to hear from advertisements, and they easily explain away their failures. 10,000 first printing.
Robert Samuelson, 1993
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The Systematicity Arguments
A numeral is not a nunnery. A numbskull is not a numeral. A numbskull is not a nun. A numbskull is not a nunnery. A nun is not a nursery. An oboe is not an octopus. There are 10* sentences COMPOSITIONALITY OF REPRESENTATIONS ...
Kenneth Aizawa, 2003
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Rose, Rose, I Love You: A Novel
Hell, there's another stroke of genius! Ecstatic, he ran out of the bathroom, covered with soapsuds, to telephone Chief Qian with the news and solicit his opinion. Chief Qian responded with a flurry of compliments — "Great idea, you numbskull!
Wang Chen-ho, 2013
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Prosecution Principles: A Clinical Handbook
When Nevin Numbskull laughed at him, he tried to sink Numbskull with the cue stick. When he broke his cue stick over Numbskull's head, he re-armed and tried again. Provisional Defense Theory 1. Self defense. 2. Numbskull had it coming for ...
George R. Dekle, 2007
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley ...
(3) a: WeU, I DIDn't... [pause] you're obviously a numbskull. [Ia=didn't want tomatoes] reconfirms viewpoint MS-Ia, viewpoint a in a's R space (reconfirms R space) [YOUa=numbskull] from this viewpoint, depicts YOUa. YOUa has no conflict with ...
Berkeley Linguistics Society, 2005
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Ladies' Home Journal
The Numbskull was at bay now ; week after week a yearning had grown in him for a certain thing, a yearning which he had known from cubhood as something kindly, something to pet him, to love him and to be loved in return, a yearning for  ...
Louisa Knapp, Edward William Bok, 1926
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Variety International Film Guide
Note that the popular Numbskull Emptybrook series, while directed by Ere Kokkonen, is in fact the product of Spede Pasanen's antic genius. UUNO TURHAPURO ARMEIJAN LEIVISSÄ (Numbskull Empty- 750,965 brook in the Army, Ere ...
Peter Cowie, 1988
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A Strategic Flip-flop in the Caribbean: Lift the Embargo on Cub
Deng Xiaoping, who took over China thereafter, was immediately called a " numbskull" and other less complimentary names.116 But over time the Soviet ally crumbled: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was routed, the Soviet bloc ...
Roger W. Fontaine, William E. Ratliff
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Cinderella in America: A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales
... all times and places, has refashioned the marchen, the animal tales, and the numbskull tales in their own image. The northern French speakers that we in the United States call French Canadians also boast a rich folk heritage.
William Bernard McCarthy, 2007
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The Question
"Numbskull," he said, "come here please." Numbskull pulled its plug and approached. "Lie down there," Jaime said, pointing. Numbskull went to the side of the bed and bent at the knees facing it, but couldn't comply. "Turn around please.
Dana C. Barbour, James Van Treese, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUMBSKULL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term numbskull is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hyde5: Harvard's Super Bowl has Seattle vs ... Dolphins?
"So you're just another numbskull writer,'' he told me. Yeah, no doubt. It doesn't change the strange idea a man who started the Miami dynasty, ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Hyde: The Hall of Fame case for Howard Schnellenberger
... Fame until getting bombarded by Chairman Dunn's emails in recent months. "So you're just another numbskull writer," Schnellenberger says. «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Tax relief on Buy-to-Let mortgages to be reduced to the basic rate of …
No wonder the numbskull anarchists posting on the House Price Crash forum are celebrating! They seem not to have a care about the lives of ... «Property118, Jul 15»
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Hard Cider, Hard Cash: How A Father-Son Team From California Is …
People have been drinking hard cider since some numbskull left a cup of apple juice lying around too long, way back in pre-antiquity. But in the ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Mike Tighe: Toe jam nothing compared with shredded arm
... table heaped with victuals, nowhere on the pressure-washer box did it say, “Don't use this to wash dog poop off of your arm (you numbskull).”. «La Crosse Tribune, Jul 15»
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James Woods rips into '100% numbskull' Martin O'Malley
Cheryl K. Chumley is a staff writer for WND and author of "Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming our Reality." Formerly with ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
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Culture and the Twelfth... and the fog of historical ignorance
That is totally abnormal, and when some of the numbskull apologists for bonfires are asked what this has to do with Protestantism, they mumble ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Numbskull thief takes identifying selfie while robbing an iPhone
iPhone cameras are getting better and better all the time, with the upcoming iPhone 6s reportedly set to receive one of the bigger camera ... «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
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Rutter: If you understand 'rtzlzelfrack,' you'll love Minions
If you have ever worked for a bad employer or a numbskull manager, Minion life is perfectly symbolic of miserable adult existence. They have ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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'Trainwreck' flips the rom-com script
(Pro wrestler John Cena is hilarious as one such numbskull.) She drinks heavily, smokes pot and is familiar with the Sunday morning Walk of ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»

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