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scatterbrains

noun

plural of scatterbrain
as in fools
a silly flighty person don't be such a scatterbrain—it's only a wedding, not the invasion of Normandy

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  1. fools
  2. geese
  3. cuckoos
  4. nitwits
Noun
  • Some want to live vicariously through them, while others joke about the poor fools who fell for their tactics.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Pace, skill, a vicious shot, the ability to make opposition defenders look like fools.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fools
Noun
  • Its words were shaped by quills fashioned from the feathers of molting geese.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Genzel grew up chasing mallards and Canada geese in the Illinois River Valley.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of geese
Noun
  • Canada geese are protected, as well as most other geese, swans, ducks, cranes, cuckoos, hummingbirds, doves and flamingos.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Different bird species understand anti-cuckoo warning calls Birds of different species can understand each other’s alarm calls warning of cuckoos.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Definition of cuckoos
Noun
  • In each show, the two nitwits would set out on some caper, which would inevitably go horribly wrong, leaving them broke, or tied up, or in jail, or hanging over a cliff, or some other situation of great peril.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of nitwits
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