Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A head-shaped piece of wood used as a block for hats or wigs.
- noun A head containing no more intelligence or sense than a block; a blockish head.
- noun A person possessing such a head; a stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial A
stupid person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Etymologies
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Examples
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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I never heard the word blockhead applied to a woman before, though I do not see why it should not, when there is evident occasion for it.
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The son of a scribe, who causes the water to run out which little Jesus had collected in puddles, he calls a blockhead, and impious fellow, and causes him to become withered.
The Miracles of Jesus 1872-1959 1907
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I never heard the word blockhead applied to a woman before, though I do not see why it should not, when there is evident occasion for it [1344].
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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We may smile when he calls a blockhead, a blockhead; a dotard, a dotard; but when he attacks, for a difference of opinion, the
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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I never heard the word blockhead applied to a woman before, though I do not see why it should not, when there is evident occasion for it.
Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood James Boswell 1767
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Just watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" -- which, as it happens, airs tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC -- and make a list of how many times the kid gets screamed at or called a blockhead or threatened with legal action simply because he chooses to spend his Halloween night in a pumpkin patch.
Why Linus and, to a lesser extent, Lucy are the only members of the Peanuts gang to be trusted in 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' Jen Chaney 2010
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Walter Scott was called a blockhead by his teacher.
Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887
chained_bear commented on the word blockhead
This is actually the word for a wooden model of one's head that one would bring to a wigmaker for a custom fitting.
February 18, 2007
reesetee commented on the word blockhead
It's a good word, to be sure, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for squarehead. I giggle every time I think of it. So...two-dimensional.
February 18, 2007
slumry commented on the word blockhead
Frequently, a term for a Scandahoovian.
July 21, 2007
gangerh commented on the word blockhead
Treeseed, there's a home for your 'cinder blockhead' on a the 'now open' list 'false teeth fairies'.
February 27, 2008
yarb commented on the word blockhead
Citation on coal.
June 28, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word blockhead
Name of a medical marijuana strain.
January 15, 2010