English Explanatory Dictionary

knuckle-dragging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Holding beliefs or having attitudes that are primitive or uncivilised.

Word forms

knuckle-dragging

Etymology

From the habit of some primates of walking with the forelimbs dragging along the ground.

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