dumb clucks

noun

plural of dumb cluck
as in thickheads

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumb clucks
  1. idiots
  2. morons
  3. dodoes
  4. clucks
  5. dim bulbs
  6. dips
  7. dolts
  8. dopes
Noun
  • That's the continous nonsense these idiots provide to a website like OutKick.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Tallahassee lawmakers must think their constituents are idiots.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • After embarking on the quest to bring back dodos, the company also teamed up with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to create native habitats in which the bird survived before its extinction.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Definition of dodoes
Noun
  • With a few hoots and hollers, and even a couple clucks, the group took off on their ascent to the Betty Bear Hut.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
  • Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of clucks
Noun
  • Swap dim bulbs for brighter, warmer ones.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • That’s because well more than half of the universe’s stars are tiny, cool red dwarfs, dim bulbs with half to less than 10 percent of the sun’s mass.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of dim bulbs
Noun
  • Analysts on average expect growth of 11% this fiscal year, before its dips down to 10% in the next two years, according to LSEG.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But for the rest of the year, Rice simply lived there, working in an office off an 800-square-foot primary suite and taking dips in the pool or the ocean outside his door.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of dips
Noun
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Definition of dolts
Noun
  • Because that was the trend this week, and next week the same unoriginal dopes will be onto something else.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
  • But hey, at least these dopes get a periodic recess, right?
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
Definition of dopes
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