tawpie

chiefly Scottish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tawpie
Noun
  • Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 31 July 2025
  • Here, the blurring is visual: Sometimes Leonard floats into the past looking like Gere, who wears the character without a shred of self-protection as the lens gawks at his raw skin.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • A lot of us will give anything to leave there with a dub.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The film’s English dub may not have been a hit.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • That’s the memorable insult that James Kennedy (the DJ of the group) hurled at Tom Sandoval (the resident lout) last season after Sandoval — who had a girlfriend — became romantically involved with Kennedy’s ex-girlfriend.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
Noun
  • The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the jackpot prize pool.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Harris decided to add some lump crab to Linden’s lobster sandwich.
    Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Fraser was everywhere in the 1990s and early 2000s: a sweetly handsome, blue-eyed lummox whose starring roles established him as a perpetual naif.
    Ty Burr, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • An inspiring 60-second spot from Pampers features an array of wee tykes, all being comforted or protected by the popular Procter & Gamble diaper.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • James, who was first introduced to TV viewers as Family Matters tyke Richie Crawford, has forged an impressive career in daytime.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • View Photos The standard air springs and adaptive dampers also further the impression of luxurious, untroubled heft, even with the 22-inch clodhoppers fitted to our test car.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Playing the good guy, Charles Bronson projects little charisma, and his unfeeling performance works hand in glove with Winner's clodhopper direction.
    Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 2 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • Either Sandler could make great work but cynically chooses not to in order to make more money, or Sandler is a talentless oaf who somehow was able to achieve something actually good with the help of a visionary director.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
  • Hackman’s aggravation early on that directors didn’t seek out and exploit his comic and even improv talents was handled unforgettably in his portrayal of Superman villain Lex Luthor, a flamboyant oaf of Trumpian proportions.
    Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Tawpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tawpie. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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