pillock
Plural: pillocks
Noun
- a person who is not very bright
- A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool.
Origin / Etymology
In the middle of the 16th century, the meaning was "penis". Probably from pillicock (“penis; boy, man”), presumably akin to the slang term dickhead (“inept fool”). Alternatively, from the same basis as pillicock (compare regional Norwegian pill (“penis”)) + the diminutive suffix -ock.
Synonyms
dolt, dullard, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person, plonker, wazzock
Scrabble Score: 15
pillock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpillock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pillock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary