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PINHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pinhead mean? 

PINHEAD (noun)
  The noun PINHEAD has 2 senses:

1. an ignorant or foolish personplay

2. the head of a pinplay

  Familiarity information: PINHEAD used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PINHEAD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ignorant or foolish person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

boob; booby; dope; dumbbell; dummy; pinhead

Hypernyms ("pinhead" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The head of a pin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pinhead" is a kind of...):

head (a projection out from one end)

Holonyms ("pinhead" is a part of...):

pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)


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