The meaning of Buffoon

noun

An animal of the horse family, which is typically smaller than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call.

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This family, made up of the horses, asses and zebras, contains one genus with nine species.

noun

A person's buttocks or anus.

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Get your ass in here fast

combining form

Used in derogatory terms as an intensifier.

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Smart-ass

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A silly or stupid person.

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Instead of being the classic pair of sweet-but-boring lovers, hero and philia are a pair of birdbra…

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A stupid person

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A stupid person.

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And then the stupid blockhead called jessie something i never want to hear repeated again.

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A stupid person

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A stupid person.

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The mere mention of the words ‘far right’ calls forth an image of tattooed boneheads or the spectre…

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A foolish or easily deceived person.

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I was left feeling a bit of a chump

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A foolish or stupid person

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What a chump he was to quit his job.

noun

A thick mass of coagulated liquid, especially blood, or of material stuck together.

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A blood clot

verb

Form or cause to form clots.

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Drugs that help blood to clot

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A stupid person.

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It's foolish to complain about uninteresting times, especially when one of your favourite curses is…

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A domesticated hoofed mammal of the horse family with long ears and a braying call, used as a beast of burden; an ass.

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Horses and donkeys produce mules, for example.

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A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

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My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

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The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

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The horse was doped before the race

noun

A slow or stupid person.

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He was caricatured as a dupe and a dullard

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A stupid person

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A person who is slow at learning; a stupid person.

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He was baffled by arithmetic and they called him a dunce at school

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A person who is slow to learn or stupid, especially at school

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A stupid person.

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Show the dunderheads how the thing should be handled

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A stupid person

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A stupid person.

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You're a fathead who doesn't understand a joke

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A stupid person

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A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

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I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

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He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

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That damn fool waiter

noun

A foolish or stupid person.

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Worst of all were the halfwits in the background, guffawing at every pathetic gag

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A stupid person.

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I feel like an idiot who swallowed every lie i was told

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A foolish person, esp. someone who has done something stupid

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I felt like an idiot., whose idiotic idea was it to go camping?

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An ignorant or stupid person.

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Assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him

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A person who knows nothing

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I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.

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A stupid person.

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First, you had every right to break up with me because i was a complete jackass and a moron and you…

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A silly, stupid person

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Why is russ behaving like such a jackass?

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A stupid person.

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We can't let these thoughtless morons get away with mindless vandalism every weekend

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A stupid person

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A very stupid person

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Some moron smashed into the back of my car yesterday., [ as form of address ] you moron!

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A foolish or stupid person.

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And, as a reader recently suggested, it would allow movie watchers to gang up on the nincompoops wh…

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A foolish or stupid person

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A foolish and weak person.

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Except for a scant few, the characters in st. elmo's fire are all either weasels, deceptive clods o…

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A foolish person

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A silly or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse).

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I want nothing to do with that bunch of nitwits!

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A foolish or stupid person

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A stupid or foolish person.

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I give the nice lady painstakingly detailed directions, not that it's hard to explain, but i want t…

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A numskull informal

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A foolish or gullible person.

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Stop grinning at me like a simpleton

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A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand

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A silly or annoying person.

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He's just an annoying twerp who contributes nothing.

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A stupid person

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A silly or foolish person.

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She has no patience with the upper-class twit her parents try to match her with

verb

Tease or taunt (someone), especially in a good-humoured way.

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Her playmates could not twit her about her pigtail

noun

A state of agitation or nervous excitement.

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We're in a twit about your visit