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thickhead

[ thik-hed ]
/ ˈθɪkˌhɛd /
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noun
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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Origin of thickhead

First recorded in 1830–40; thick + head

Words nearby thickhead

thick client, thicken, thickener, thickening, thicket, thickhead, thickheaded, thickie, thick-knee, thickleaf, thick milk
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Words related to thickhead

airhead, blockhead, boob, chump, clod, dimwit, dolt, dope, dork, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, lunkhead, nitwit, numskull, simpleton, dummkopf

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British Dictionary definitions for thickhead

thickhead
/ (ˈθɪkˌhɛd) /
noun
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, adjectivethickheadedness, noun
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