(a) ? Clumsy, awkward. (b) ? Stoutly-built.

attributive and appositive passing into adj. (In lubber lips perhaps a different word; cf. blubber-lip.)

Of persons: Lacking dexterity or skill in performing their part; clumsy in action, bungling. Phr. awkward squad: see squad, n.1 1b.

Of persons or animals: Moving ungracefully or with difficulty, by reason of corpulence or ponderousness; lacking litheness or flexibility; awkward…

Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a lubber.

Unwieldy.

Of the nature of a lubber; coarse of figure and dull of intellect, loutish; clumsy; lazy; stupid; sometimes transferred of animals and inanimate…

attributive and appositive, passing into adj. Also in combination looby-like.

Difficult to control, manage, or use; = unwieldy, adj. 3. Also: †incapable of moving with ease; clumsy, ponderous; = unwieldy, adj. 2a (obsolete).

Acting or moving as if benumbed: heavy and awkward in motion or action; ungainly, unhandy; wanting in dexterity or grace.

Awkward, clumsy, ungraceful.

Awkward, clumsy. Cf. queem, adj. 3c. rare.

Awkward, clumsy.

= clouterly, adj.

figurative. Awkward, clumsy; disjointed. Obsolete. rare (U.S. in later use).

= loobily, adj.

Looby-like; awkward, clumsy, lubberly.

clumsy, awkward; bumbling.

Like or characteristic of a botcher; clumsy, awkward; clownish.

attributive, appositive or quasi-adj.: Lubberly.

figurative. That does something clumsily or awkwardly; also, hesitating in speech, mumbling.

Left-handed. rare.

Lacking in adroitness or dexterity; awkward, bungling, clumsy, inept.

awkward, clumsy; slovenly, untidy; idle, worthless.

= ungainly, adj. 1.

figurative. Clumsy, awkward; sprawling.

Of persons: Awkward and stupid; ungainly.

like a hobbledehoy.

Awkward.

Awkward, ungainly, stunted.

= shammocking adj.; (also) shaky, infirm.

colloquial. Clumsy; stupid; mindless, unthinking. Cf. numbskull, n.

Rather awkward. (colloquial.)

Ungainly, awkward; characterized or marked by clumsy or careless movement (frequently used of a racehorse or its gait). Also of a person's body…

Like a ‘gawk’, awkward, clownish.

colloquial (originally U.S.) Downright, plain and positive; also, dead, insipid, maladroit. to come out flat-footed (for): to make a bold or positive…

Of or pertaining to a brontosaurus; frequently figurative, antiquated; clumsy, ineffectual.

That shambles, shambling; awkward, ungainly; disorganized, ramshackle, rickety.

A person who walks with his feet turned out; a clumsy person. Also transferred.

clumsy, awkward, stupid.

Awkward or foolish; clumsy.

A foolish, clumsy, or inept person; a dork (dork, n. 2). Now also: one whose social awkwardness is regarded as endearing. Frequently as a form of…