dumb clucks

noun

plural of dumb cluck
as in thickheads

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  1. idiots
  2. morons
  3. dodoes
  4. clucks
  5. dim bulbs
  6. dips
  7. dolts
  8. dopes
Noun
  • Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • And then there’s the culture of the scientists, and these idiots can’t read Dickens.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 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
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  • 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
  • In this case, for instance, Rabtsevich noticed the dips in TIC 4206066's light in 2018 tended to align with moments where TESS fired its thrusters, which may have skewed the results.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The broad stock market has seen the largest dips, on average, during midterm years compared with any other in the presidential cycle, Detrick's data shows.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 9 Oct. 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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