thickhead

American  

[thik-hed] / ˈθɪkˌhɛd /

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.

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thickhead British  

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

• thickheadedness
  noun
• thickheaded
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of thickhead

First recorded in 1830–40; thick + head

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Example Sentences

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thickhead

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?

From Under Boy Scout Colors by Joseph Bushnell Ames

And look here, Carruthers, don't think I'm playing the silly thickhead, and trying to mystify you.

From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard

I’m a thickhead and a landlubber, all in one.”

From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin

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

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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

From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

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