stupe

Plural: stupes

Noun

• A medicated cloth applied to a wound for pain relief.
• a person who is not very bright
• A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
• A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

Verb

• To foment with such a cloth or sponge.

Examples

• Applying a ’STUPE’ to his ailing Scrabble score was his desperate attempt to recover.
• He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

Synonyms

dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupid, stupid person