woodenhead

[ wood-n-hed ]

nounInformal.
  1. a stupid person; blockhead.

Origin of woodenhead

1
First recorded in 1825–35; wooden + head

Words Nearby woodenhead

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How to use woodenhead in a sentence

  • Being a woodenhead he forgot about his father and did not go away as he had intended to do.

  • I'm a woodenhead, friend Parks; a plumb, dum old woodenhead!

    The Wooing of Calvin Parks | Laura E. Richards
  • There's your Mr. Northcote, and there's that Copperhead—woodenhead, we call him in the nursery.

    Phoebe, Junior | Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for woodenhead

woodenhead

/ (ˈwʊdənˌhɛd) /


noun
  1. informal a dull, foolish, or unintelligent person

Derived forms of woodenhead

  • woodenheaded, adjective
  • woodenheadedness, noun

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