Definition of MOREPORK

morepork

Meanings

Plural: moreporks

Noun

  • The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania.
  • Used as a mild term of abuse.
  • A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.
  • Used as a mild term of abuse.
  • A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke.

Intj

  • The call of a morepork.

Origin / Etymology

The word is imitative of the bird's call.

Synonyms

bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, do-naught, do-nothing, dogfucker, dosser, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, idler, idleton, laggard, lallygag, layabout, lazy ass, lazy louse, lazybones, lidderon, lie-abed, loafer, loiter-sack, lollygagger, lounge lizard, lounger, mopoke, morepork, poop, ragabash, ruru, shirker, slacker, slow belly, slug-a-bed, slugabed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, tarrier, truant

Scrabble Score: 16

morepork is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
morepork is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
morepork is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

morepork is a valid Words With Friends word