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EGGHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does egghead mean?
• EGGHEAD (noun)
The noun EGGHEAD has 1 sense:
1. an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
Familiarity information: EGGHEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intellectual; a very studious and academic person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead
Hypernyms ("egghead" is a kind of...):
intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)
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