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AIRHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does airhead mean?
• AIRHEAD (noun)
The noun AIRHEAD has 2 senses:
1. a flighty scatterbrained simpleton
2. a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
Familiarity information: AIRHEAD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flighty scatterbrained simpleton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one
Hypernyms ("airhead" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A bridgehead seized by airborne troops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("airhead" is a kind of...):
bridgehead; foothold (an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies)
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