Usually means: Clumsy, foolish person; often inept.
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  1. doofus: Merriam-Webster
  2. doofus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doofus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doofus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doofus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doofus, doofus: Wordnik
  7. doofus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. doofus: Wiktionary
  9. doofus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. doofus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. doofus: Dictionary.com
  12. doofus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Doofus (comics), Doofus (disambiguation), Doofus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. doofus: Rhymezone
  15. doofus: FreeDictionary.org
  16. doofus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. doofus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. doofus: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  19. doofus: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. doofus, doofus: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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noun:  (slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.

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