- fathead
- noun Date: 1842 a stupid person • fatheaded adjective • fatheadedly adverb • fatheadedness noun
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Fathead — can mean:* Any of several kinds of fish: ** Fathead minnow ** Fathead carp ** Fathead sculpin ** Cubiceps ** Trochocopus pulcher of the family Labridae * David Fathead Newman (jazz musician, friend of Ray Charles) * Fathead (band) Philadelphia… … Wikipedia
Fathead — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Punk Rock, Rock Gründung 2006 Website www.fathead.d … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fathead — Fat head , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley ({Pimephales promelas}); called also {black headed minnow}. (b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fathead — ► NOUN informal ▪ a stupid person … English terms dictionary
fathead — [fat′hed΄] n. Slang a stupid person; blockhead fatheaded adj … English World dictionary
fathead — UK [ˈfæthed] / US [ˈfætˌhed] noun [countable] Word forms fathead : singular fathead plural fatheads informal someone who is stupid Derived word: fatheaded UK [ˌfætˈhedɪd] / US adjective … English dictionary
fathead — n. a stupid person; someone who has fat where brains ought to be. □ You can be such a fathead! □ Paul, you are being a perfect fathead … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
fathead — Redfish Red fish (r[e^]d f[i^]sh ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; called also {nerka}. See {Blueback} (b) . (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus pulcher}); called also {fathead}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fathead — /fat hed /, n. 1. Slang. a stupid person; fool. 2. sheephead. 3. See fathead minnow. [1830 40; FAT + HEAD] * * * … Universalium
fathead — noun An idiot; a fool. Donny, you fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now its spoiled! Syn: dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop Ant: genius … Wiktionary
fathead — A friendly insult rather than a serious one. Wilfred Granville remarks in his Dictionary of Sailors’ Slang that it is a condition induced by the fug between decks when a ship has her hatches and scuttles closed in heavy weather. It also… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
