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  • noun informal, derogatory A stupid person.

Etymologies

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dumb +‎ head

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Examples

  • But the Herr has come in, and says that I am a "dumbhead," also condemned, and many other things, because, he says, I can never tell anything that I begin to tell straightforwardly like a street in Berlin.

    Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

  • Its is obvious to any dumbhead that imports to US if taxed will protect US industry and jobs .

    Heat rises on the China-U.S. relationship 2010

  • While weekends were taken up with caring for Joe's Parkinson's-stricken mother, I managed to work on stories and novels at my “dumbhead secretary” job as one of my co-workers called it.

    The Nervous Breakdown 2010

  • Link i think the idiot athiests here going “omg religion r fur dumbhead” should sit right back and look at the difference between literalist Christians and sybological Christians.

    Bad Day for Darwin Haters - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • "Of course we do, dumbhead!" chirped Max, turning the tables on his older brother.

    Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005

  • "What're you going to do, you dumbhead dog bone!" his wife had screamed at him just before he had left his office.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • "What're you going to do, you dumbhead dog bone!" his wife had screamed at him just before he had left his office.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • You had to watch what you said, and you had to watch the way you acted, because they had an old, dumbhead waiter who was a real Tom.

    Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown 1965

  • "More likely some dumbhead leaned against the switch."

    Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951

  • I have spent five thousand roubles on the dumbhead, Yeasky, who has not the brains or courage of a mouse.

    Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Lawrence Perry 1914

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  • The arm of a shaving horse that holds the wood on the horse; also the name for a shaving horse that has such an apparatus.

    November 20, 2007

  • Also, my little brother.

    ;) (just kidding)

    November 20, 2007

  • Well, that was my first thought...

    November 20, 2007