Crossword clues for dunderhead
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dunderhead \Dun"der*head`\, n. [Prov. Eng. also dunderpoll, from
dunder, same as thunder.]
A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.
--Beau. & Fl.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from head (n.); the first element is obscure; perhaps from Middle Dutch doner, donder "to thunder" (compare blunderbuss).
Wiktionary
n. A stupid person; a dunce
WordNet
n. these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence [syn: dunce, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead]
Usage examples of "dunderhead".
Provided, of course, that it is not done as a merely academic endeavor, where a bunch of disengaged dunderheads attempt to analyze the signifiers without having a clue as to the actual referents.
Benjamin Bathurst, who, until now, was well-behaved and seemed to take his confinement philosophically, should suddenly make this rash and fatal attempt, unless it was because of those infernal dunderheads of madhouse doctors who have been bothering him.
But the trouble with you, you dunderheaded fool, is that all you understand is legal phrases.
For all I know the dunderheaded brass hats in Cairo may still regard the Colonel as the great white hope for Yugoslavia.
The pirates who've got your friend might be a bunch of primitive dunderheads, but they have the home field advantage, if you know the expression.