airhead
1[ air-hed ]
/ ˈɛərˌhɛd /
noun
an area in enemy territory or in threatened friendly territory, seized by airborne troops for bringing in supplies and additional troops by airdrop or landing.
Nearby words
Origin of airhead
1Definition for airhead (2 of 2)
airhead
2[ air-hed ]
/ ˈɛərˌhɛd /
noun
Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
Related formsair·head·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for airhead
Sure, the critics never quite cottoned to him; they always insinuated that he was an airhead, a blank.
But Bonds was no airhead who could only read from a TelePrompTer.
Vanda ends up being much less of a airhead than she initially appears.
In the book, Brewer hints ever so carefully that the judge, Susan Bolton, is something of an airhead.
British Dictionary definitions for airhead (1 of 2)
airhead
1/ (ˈɛəˌhɛd) /
noun
military an area secured in hostile territory, used as a base for the supply and evacuation of troops and equipment by air
Word Origin for airhead
C20: modelled on beachhead
British Dictionary definitions for airhead (2 of 2)
airhead
2/ (ˈɛəˌhɛd) /
noun
slang a stupid or simple-minded person; idiot
Word Origin for airhead
C20: from air + head
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012