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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to knucklehead" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misuse of the term "knucklehead," which is typically used as a noun to describe a foolish or stupid person.
Example: "Don't be such a knucklehead; think before you act!"
Alternatives: "to act foolishly" or "to be an idiot."
Dictionary
to knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person
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Their act of caprice is reprised at the finale as an act of connection: over a meal, they use the ditty to teach French to "Knucklehead Nellie," as she calls herself.
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He and Andy Pettitte sat inside the Army dugout during the early innings, and he joked to some Army players beforehand, "I'll try to tell you how to pitch to these knuckleheads".
He said that Rich LeFurgy, the bureau's chairman, said to him, " 'All right, knucklehead, go pull the committee together.' " Mr. Glassberg said the committee -- the ad unit task force -- at that point had not met since it enacted the first advertising standards in 1996.
The accessories of choice are guns of various calibers and styles, deployed to drown out — or perhaps to emphasize — knucklehead dialogue and inept storytelling.
Apologising for the stunt, which he put down to "associative knuckleheads", he was moved to assure people that the footage was not broadcast at any point during his wedding.
At trial, Scarano testified that he tried to get his "knucklehead" client to deal with the obstructing pole, and his lawyer called the city's repeated investigations a "vendetta".
The military also used the word "knucklehead" frequently during our discussions, in reference to Bergdahl and his disappearance.
"But it comes and goes, and there'll always going to be knuckleheads stealing phones".
But it comes and goes, and they're always going to be knuckleheads stealing phones.
[It's] never good to have knuckleheads around," Bieber said of his questionable behavior.
I thought it'd be cool to go from riding an old knucklehead to riding a seahorse.
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