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Noun: meatball  'meet,bol
  1. Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
     
  2. [N. Amer, informal] A person who is not very bright
    - stupid, stupid person, stupe [N. Amer, informal], dullard, dolt [informal], pudding head [informal], pudden-head [US, informal], pillock [Brit, informal]
     
  3. [N. Amer, informal] A person who evokes boredom
    - bore, dullard

Derived forms: meatballs

See also: changeling [archaic], eejit [UK, Ireland, dialect], half-wit [informal], idiot, imbecile [informal], moron [informal], plank [Brit, informal], thickie [Brit, informal], thicko [informal]

Type of: disagreeable person, dish, simple [archaic], simpleton, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Meatball