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blunt

/blʌnt/

noun

Meaning

  • A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.

  • A short needle with a strong point.

  • (smoking) A marijuana cigar.

    "2005: to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!” — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 461)"

  • Money

  • A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.

adjective

Meaning

  • Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

  • Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

  • Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

    "the blunt admission that he had never liked my company"

  • Hard to impress or penetrate.

  • Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.

Synonyms

brusque,
curt,
harsh,
impolite,
rude,
short,
uncivil,
obtuse,
stupid,
coarse,
dull,
pointless