woodenhead

[ wood-n-hed ]

/ ˈwʊd nˌhɛd /

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noun Informal.

a stupid person; blockhead.

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Origin of woodenhead

First recorded in 1825–35; wooden + head

Words nearby woodenhead

Wood Dale, wood duck, wooded, wooden, wood engraving, woodenhead, wooden-headed, Wooden Horse, wooden Indian, wooden shoe, wooden spoon

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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.
Pinocchio in Africa|Cherubini
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

informal a dull, foolish, or unintelligent person

Derived forms of woodenhead

woodenheaded, adjectivewoodenheadedness, noun

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