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CLUMSY PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clumsy person mean?
• CLUMSY PERSON (noun)
The noun CLUMSY PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a person with poor motor coordination
Familiarity information: CLUMSY PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person with poor motor coordination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("clumsy person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clumsy person"):
butterfingers (someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball))
duffer (an incompetent or clumsy person)
clod; gawk; goon; lout; lubber; lummox; lump; oaf; stumblebum (an awkward stupid person)
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