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thickhead

[ thik-hed ]

noun

  1. a stupid person; blockhead.
  2. Also called whistler. any of several Old World birds of the genus Pachycephala, chiefly of various islands in the Pacific Ocean, related to the flycatchers, and having a melodious whistling call.


thickhead

/ ˈθɪ°ìËŒ³óÉ›»å /

noun

  1. a stupid or ignorant person; fool
  2. Also calledwhistler any of various Australian and SE Asian songbirds of the family Muscicapidae (flycatchers, etc)
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³Ù³ó¾±³¦°ìˈ³ó±ð²¹»å±ð»å, adjective
  • ËŒ³Ù³ó¾±³¦°ìˈ³ó±ð²¹»å±ð»åness, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of thickhead1

First recorded in 1830–40; thick + head
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Example Sentences

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I war a thickhead too never to have thought of it.

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“There’s some hope for a thickhead, but there isn’t any for you.â€

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Out on me for a thickhead for not linking thee with that bold feat before.

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Yes, ideas more sensible than the thickheads about here can conceive.

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You don’t suppose that thickhead would have the gumption to do what this chap did, or the wit to know about paper being a non-conductor, and all that?

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