thick·head

(thĭk′hĕd′)

n. Informal

A stupid person; a blockhead.

thick′head′ed adj.

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thickhead

(ˈθɪkˌhɛd)

1. a stupid or ignorant person; fool

2. (Animals) Also called: whistler any of various Australian and SE Asian songbirds of the family Muscicapidae (flycatchers, etc)

ˌthickˈheaded adj

ˌthickˈheadedness n

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

thickhead - Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call

whistler

flycatcher, Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

genus Pachycephala, Pachycephala - arboreal insectivorous birds

thickhead

noun

A mentally dull person:

blockhead, chump, clod, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, numskull.

Slang: dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo.

Translations

χοντροκέφαλος

allocco stupido

thickhead

[ˈθɪkhed] N → bruto/a m/f

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