dunce bat

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌnsˌbat/
• Hyphenation: dunce‧bat

Noun

dunce bat (plural dunce bat dem, quantified dunce bat)

1. dunce; idiot; moron

   Synonyms: claffy, eediat, jackass, lagga head

   • 2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language‎^[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 43:

     “dunce bat (bat): n. - an extremely ignorant or illiterate person […] ”