- chowderhead
- noun Etymology: alteration of dialect jolterhead blockhead Date: 1833 dolt, blockhead • chowderheaded adjective
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chowderhead — [chou′dər hed΄] n. Slang a stupid or ignorant person … English World dictionary
chowderhead — n. a stupid person. □ Look, chowderhead, do what I told you. □ Don’t be such a chowderhead … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
chowderhead — noun An idiot; a dummy. Did you seriously think that was gonna work? You magnificent chowderhead! I saw that coming miles away! Syn: dunce, dumbo, pea brain … Wiktionary
chowderhead — n A stupid or foolish person. Lorenz is such a chowderhead he calls his friends bra not bro . 1830s … Historical dictionary of American slang
chowderhead — chowderheaded, adj. /chow deuhr hed /, n. Slang. a stupid person; blockhead. [1825 35; cf. Brit. dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phon. var. of CHOLTERHEAD, dial. var. of JOLTERHEAD, earlier jolthead, equiv. to jolt , jolter (prob. akin to JOLT,… … Universalium
chowderhead — chow|der|head [ˈtʃaudəhed US ər ] n [singular] AmE informal a stupid person … Dictionary of contemporary English
chowderhead — n. stupid person, dummy, bonehead … English contemporary dictionary
chowderhead — noun N. Amer. informal a stupid person. Derivatives chowderheaded adjective Origin C19: prob. a var. of obs. jolter head thick headed person … English new terms dictionary
chowderhead — noun (singular) AmE slang a stupid person … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
chowderhead — chow·der·head … English syllables
