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

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

Oh, what a woodenhead he had been not to see it all before!

From Don Strong, Patrol Leader by Heyliger, William

Why, you woodenhead, when those tickets are presented at the door when the show comes around, the ticket takers won't accept them.

From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.

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 The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

You see—you see, Charlie had said how much he needed about that much money and— and so, bein' a—a woodenhead, I naturally—" "Oh, don't!

From Shavings by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby