Synonyms

thickhead

American

[thik-hed] / ˈθɪkˌhɛd /

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.

thickhead British

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

thickheaded adjective
thickheadedness noun

Etymology

Origin of thickhead

First recorded in 1830–40; thick + head

Example Sentences

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

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“There’s some hope for a thickhead, but there isn’t any for you.”

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

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Yes, ideas more sensible than the thickheads about here can conceive.

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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?

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