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airhead

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air·head 1  (ârhd)
n. Slang
A silly, rather unintelligent person.

airhead
Noun
Slang a person who is stupid or incapable of serious thought
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Noun1.airheadairhead - a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one"
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2.airhead - a bridgehead seized by airborne troops
bridgehead, foothold - an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar"

1. A designated area in a hostile or threatened territory which, when seized and held, ensures the continuous air landing of troops and materiel and provides the maneuver space necessary for projected operations. Normally it is the area seized in the assault phase of an airborne operation.
2. A designated location in an area of operations used as a base for supply and evacuation by air. See also beachhead; bridgehead.

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There's the unhelpful agent, the airhead producer, the indignant screenwriters, the greedy executive who wants to change the one element that makes the movie distinctive, the clueless publicist who doesn't know how to surf the Web and more.
Besides learning to forget about him, Caitlin is also dealing with other issues: since dating Nick, she's lost almost all her old friends, leaving her with a group of airheads she doesn't care about.
The lead combined arms battalion of a BCT has secured an airhead near a city and must expand it to allow the remaining elements of the brigade to deploy into the theater.
 
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