woodenhead

American  

[wood-n-hed] / ˈwʊd nˌhɛd /

noun

Informal.

1. a stupid person; blockhead.

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woodenhead British  

/ ˈwʊdənˌhɛd /

noun

1. informal a dull, foolish, or unintelligent person

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Other Word Forms

• woodenheaded adjective
• woodenheadedness noun

Etymology

Origin of woodenhead

First recorded in 1825–35; wooden + head

Example Sentences

Masina’s performance is nearly silent; unmistakably Chaplinesque with her derby, oversized coat and makeshift cane, she also evokes Stan Laurel, Harpo Marx and, as a little woodenhead, Pinocchio too.

From New York Times

And look here, that woodenhead Fritz who drove me over chose to leave the car just when I wanted him to bring me here.

From Project Gutenberg

He was generally despised even by his colleagues; "Tovarish Woodenhead," they sneered behind his back because of his mimicry of Moscow.

From Time Magazine Archive

A woodenhead gets up and proposes an utterly absurd something or other, and he and half a dozen other wooden-heads discuss it with windy vehemence for an hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when she went on about her brown keeters, and the doctor sayin' she must wrop her throat up, and if only she could have a fur tippet it might save her life—and goin' so fur as to name the special one she wanted in Hoskins's window—and Christmas time and all, and nobody seemin' to have any feelin' for them two forlorn creatur's—Mr. Cheeseman, if you're a woodenhead, I'm a sheep's-head, that's all there is to it.

From Project Gutenberg