Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunk

/lʌnk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: lunk
IPA: /lʌnk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.

Derogatory; Informal

Example Sentences

"Nonetheless, the joyful lunk is clearly a character whom [Travis] Kelce is happy to play on television and podcasts."
"“Shadow Ticket” opens in Prohibition-era Milwaukee. Our hero: Hicks McTaggart — former union buster turned muscle for hire, sensitive lunk, good dancer."
"And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which even his monarch brother reportedly doesn’t know how he pays for), joshing away at family funerals, and just sort of … riding it out, each time another of his lies about this story is exposed."

Etymology

Clipping of lunkhead.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /lʌnk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

lunks (plural)

Derived Forms

lunkheaded lunkish lunky

Synonyms

addle-brain addlehead addle pate airhead baboon beanbrain beetlebrain beetlehead berk bimbo birdbrain blockhead

Questions

How do you pronounce lunk?: The recorded pronunciation is /lʌnk/.
What does lunk mean?: A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
Where does lunk come from?: Clipping of lunkhead.

How to pronounce lunk

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