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MUGGINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muggins mean? 

MUGGINS (noun)
  The noun MUGGINS has 1 sense:

1. a person who lacks good judgmentplay

  Familiarity information: MUGGINS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUGGINS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who lacks good judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fool; muggins; sap; saphead; tomfool

Hypernyms ("muggins" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muggins"):

ass (a pompous fool)

buffoon; clown (a rude or vulgar fool)

flibbertigibbet; foolish woman (a female fool)

fucker (a stupid despised man)

bozo; cuckoo; fathead; goof; goofball; goose; jackass; twat; zany (a man who is a stupid incompetent fool)

meshuggeneh; meshuggener ((Yiddish) a crazy fool)

morosoph (a learned fool)

putz ((Yiddish) a fool; an idiot)

wally (a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid)


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