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FATHEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fathead mean?
• FATHEAD (noun)
The noun FATHEAD has 1 sense:
1. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Familiarity information: FATHEAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bozo; cuckoo; fathead; goof; goofball; goose; jackass; twat; zany
Hypernyms ("fathead" is a kind of...):
fool; muggins; sap; saphead; tomfool (a person who lacks good judgment)
Derivation:
fatheaded ((used informally) stupid)
Context examples
'With their rifles grasped in their stiffened hands, mid a ring of the dead and dyin',' as some fathead sings.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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