thickhead

[ thik-hed ]
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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.

Origin of thickhead

1
First recorded in 1830–40; thick + head

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How to use thickhead in a sentence

  • I don't like you to look upon your father as a thickhead who couldn't be expected to succeed.

    New Grub Street | George Gissing
  • Id rather be a thickhead than a Pennsylvania Dutchman, any day, retorted the freckle-faced boy.

    The Battleship Boys at Sea | Frank Gee Patchin
  • Often I got angry and, shutting the book with a bang, told him that he was a thickhead.

    Nobody's Boy | Hector Malot
  • Yes, and hes an awful thickhead, butII-lovehim just the same.

    Mason of Bar X Ranch | Henry Bennett
  • And look here, Carruthers, don't think I'm playing the silly thickhead, and trying to mystify you.

British Dictionary definitions for thickhead

thickhead

/ (ˈθɪkˌhɛd) /


noun
  1. a stupid or ignorant person; fool

  2. Also called: whistler any of various Australian and SE Asian songbirds of the family Muscicapidae (flycatchers, etc)

Derived forms of thickhead

  • thickheaded, adjective
  • thickheadedness, noun

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