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dick·head

(dĭk′hĕd′)

n. Vulgar Slang

An inept, foolish, or contemptible person.

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dickhead

(ˈdɪkˌhɛd)

slang a stupid or despicable man or boy

[C20: from dick² (in the sense: penis) + head]

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

dickhead - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, asshole, bastard, son of a bitch, whoreson, cocksucker, SOB, shit

dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase

disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

Translations

Depp Dummkopf EichelNilleSchwachkopf

βλάκας ηλίθιος

molopäämunapää

glandtête de nœud

eikel

залупа мудак

dickhead

[ˈdɪkhed] N → imbécil mf, gilipollas mf inv

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dickhead

[ˈdɪkhɛd] n (British) → tête f de nœud

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dickhead

n (sl pej) → Idiot m (pej)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dickhead

[ˈdɪkˌhɛd] n (fam!) → testa m or f di cazzo (fam!)

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"The paramedic with me shouted at him, saying 'This guy's got enough to contend with, you dickhead. Do you have to hit the kerb?"' The inquest heard that Mr B i d d l e s u f f e r e d appalling injuries, spent several weeks in a coma and doctors gave him dozens of pints of blood in transfusions.

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He had called her a "f dickhead", and later a "f ing Lebanese dickhead".

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Here's a lethal title for the stage version of Bogosian's novel: Portrait of she Artist as a Dickhead. The diary entries flip back and forth from the older Richard to the younger Richard--the story ping-pongs, leaving for us to imagine what transpired in between two different periods of his life.

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Mr Watts is also known to be fiercely protective of his reputation, having once sued a business owner who called him a "dickhead" and "money merchant" at a creditors' meeting.

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"You hear about people refusing them because it's not rock and roll but that's a dickhead approach.'' Like many recipients, he was intimidated by the official looking letter.

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'You're tickling.' He shifted away slightly and asked: 'So you'd live for five years with a man you call a dickhead?'

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Rubin--of Algonquin Press, chose "Dickhead" by Anne Barnhill of Garner, North Carolina, as the first runner-up, and "Shack on Fire" by Bill Morris of Durham as the second runner-up.

The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize

The interview had just begun when Myers asked Steinberg, "Was that your idea of a question, dickhead?" The audience roared.

Comedy tracks link Toronto to Hollywood

clippers in your mobile phone Irving you dickhead."

Roger and me

DID you know that Clive Tyldesley is an anagram of complete and utter dickhead?

Football: Clive does my box in - so it's time to reach for off switch

Although the title "Dikkenek" is never defined, the American term "dickhead" comes to mind.

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The words "2919 Dickhead" have been traced in the dust on the back of Bridges' vehicle and scratched into her mother's station wagon.

Block buster: the arrival of one block's first black family stirs tensions in one of the Southwest Side's few remaining white neighborhoods