Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thick as two short planks

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
thick- as t-wo short- -planks
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very stupid.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Synonyms

thick as a brick thick as a plank addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded

Questions

What does thick as two short planks mean?
Very stupid.

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