thick as a lump of 4 x 2

thick as a lump of 4 x 2
Australian Slang
not well endowed with grey matter

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  • Thick as a lump of 4 X 2 — not well endowed with grey matter …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • lump — Synonyms and related words: abide, abide with, accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, allow, amassment, barrel, batch, bear, bear with, beard, bide, bilge, bit, blain, bleb, blend, blimp, blister, blob,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lunch|eon — «LUHN chuhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. = lunch. (Cf. ↑lunch) 2. a formal lunch: »a luncheon of the ladies auxiliary at the church. 3. Scottish. a thick piece or lump of food: »Little Benjie…was cramming a huge luncheon of pie crust into his mouth… …   Useful english dictionary

  • chunk — chunk1 /chungk/, n. 1. a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood. 2. Informal. a thick set and strong person. 3. a strong and stoutly built horse or other animal. 4. a substantial amount of something: Rent is a real… …   Universalium

  • chunk — I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of chuck short piece of wood Date: 1691 1. a short thick piece or lump (as of wood or coal) 2. a large noteworthy quantity or part < bet a sizable chunk of money on the race > 3. a strong thickset horse… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chunk — I [[t]tʃʌŋk[/t]] n. 1) a thick mass or lump of anything; hunk 2) a strong and stoutly built horse or other animal 3) a substantial amount of something • Etymology: 1685–95; perh. alter. of chuck II II chunk [[t]tʃʌŋk[/t]] v. i. cvb to make a dull …   From formal English to slang

  • chunk — /tʃʌŋk / (say chungk) noun a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread. {nasalised variant of chuck2} …  

  • lumpfish — /lump fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) lumpfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) lumpfishes. any of several thick bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and …   Universalium

  • lumpfish — lump•fish [[t]ˈlʌmpˌfɪʃ[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. for kinds or species) fish•es. ich any thick bodied, knobby skinned fish of the family Cyclopteridae, having pelvic fins united to form a sucking disc • Etymology: 1735–45 …   From formal English to slang

  • gel-1 —     gel 1     English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm”     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc     Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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