A stammering or blundering fool.

A stupid, bungling fellow. Obsolete. Cf. drumble-dore n. at drumble-, comb._form affix.

A hot-headed or uncontrolled person; a scatterbrain.

A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. blaitie bum, n., baty bummill, n., bummill baty, n.

a person whose mind is (supposedly) addled; a stupid or contemptible person.

A blundering fellow, a muddlepate.

colloquial. Originally: an insignificant, inconsequential, or contemptible person. In later use chiefly: spec. a foolish, stupid, or incompetent…

= addle-head n.

depreciative (chiefly Scottish). A person who makes a mess of things; one who speaks or acts clumsily, foolishly, or overhastily. Cf. hashy, adj. 2.

transferred. A blundering fellow, a blunderhead.

A blundering muddle-headed fellow.

a bungler, shiftless person.

a muddle-headed person.

One who makes gross mistakes by incompetence or negligence.

A puzzle-headed person; a person confused in his or her mind or ideas.

Originally U.S. slang. A poor, indifferent, or inefficient thing, place, person, etc. Chiefly in the negative phrase no slouch of (something); also…

A thoughtless, irresponsible, or foolish person (esp. a man); a scatterbrain. Cf. étourdie, n.

colloquial. An unskilful or incompetent worker; = botcher, n.1 1. Also (more generally): a useless person, a failure; a bungler; an incompetent…

Scottish and English regional (midlands) in later use. An incompetent person, a bungler; a slow or inefficient worker.

Scottish. A blundering or incompetent person; = bumbler, n.1 Obsolete.

One who is incapable of serious connected thought; a thoughtless, giddy person.

= addle-head n.

A puzzle-headed person; a person confused in his or her mind or thought.

a person who ‘shaffles’.

A blockhead; a muddle-headed person.

A muddle-headed person; a disorganized or confused mind.

A person who creates muddles; a person who works or thinks in a muddled way.

one who flounders.

A person who is, or proves to be, without practical ability or capacity in a particular occupation or undertaking; an incompetent, inefficient, or…

= muddlehead, n.

slang (originally North American). Originally and chiefly U.S. An incompetent or undistinguished person. Also, more generally: a bloke, a fellow.

An incompetent person.

An awkward or clumsy person, a blunderer; a habitually unlucky person; a foolish or pathetic person.

A stupid, annoying, or hapless person; an idiot, a fool.

a clumsily-flying insect, esp. a bumblebee; (figurative) a sluggish, slow-witted person.

Any strange creature; a scarecrow. dialect.

One who is inexperienced or unskilful at anything; a duffer, fool.

colloquial (originally U.S.). A disagreeable, disliked, or unattractive person; a foolish, or inept person; (now also) an old person.

one who foozles, a bungler.

figurative. In plural. Chiefly Irish English. A stupid, contemptible, or blundering man or boy.

colloquial. A person who makes a mess, or who messes about (in various senses); a muddler, a bungler.

Air Force slang. Originally and chiefly as Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune. (The name of) a character in a series of Air Force information cartoons…

= spastic, n. 2 (see also quot. 1977).

In weakened use, esp. contemptuously: one who is uncoordinated or incompetent; a fool. Cf. spaz, n. slang (offensive).