thickhead
a stupid person; blockhead.
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.
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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 GissingId rather be a thickhead than a Pennsylvania Dutchman, any day, retorted the freckle-faced boy.
The Battleship Boys at Sea | Frank Gee PatchinOften I got angry and, shutting the book with a bang, told him that he was a thickhead.
Nobody's Boy | Hector MalotYes, and hes an awful thickhead, butII-lovehim just the same.
Mason of Bar X Ranch | Henry BennettAnd look here, Carruthers, don't think I'm playing the silly thickhead, and trying to mystify you.
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale | Frank L. Packard
British Dictionary definitions for thickhead
/ (ˈθɪkˌhɛd) /
a stupid or ignorant person; fool
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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