1
as in hunters
a person who hunts game
a mighty nimrod with the heads of big game mounted on his walls
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2
as in morons
slang
a stupid person
quipped that the mismatched socks made him look like a nimrod
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Noun
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The lowest quality, distressed segment is still seeing some bargain hunters, so there is something of a bar-bell effect.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Backcountry tracks might remain inaccessible and hunting areas might look different to hunters, the DNR says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Anyone that votes for those people are absolute idiots.—
Gerardo Zavala,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Nimrods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nimrods. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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