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egg·head  (ghd)
n. Informal
An intellectual; a highbrow.

egghead [ˈɛgˌhɛd]
n
Informal an intellectual; highbrow
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.egghead - an intellectualegghead - an intellectual; a very studious and academic person; "in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead"
intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively

egghead
noun (Informal) expert, genius, guru, inventor, wizard, mastermind, intellect, boffin (Brit. informal), rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), brain(s) (informal), brainbox, bluestocking (usually disparaging), maven (U.S.), fundi (S. African) The Government was dominated by self-important eggheads.
Translations
egghead [ˈeghed] N (pej) (= intellectual) → lumbrera f, intelectual mf
egghead [ˈɛghɛd] n (= boffin) → intello mf >
egghead [ˈɛgˌhɛd] n (pej) (fam) → intellettualoide m/f


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That said, the only Egghead we were particularly worried about facing was Kevin Ashman who has won the World Quizzing Championships on three separate occasions - he doesn't really have too many weak spots.
Getting onto Egghead Discount software's display racks," a PC Week columnist once wrote, "is more difficult than having your wedding carried by the society pages of the New York Times.
 
 
 
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