A foolish or stupid person. Now chiefly British colloquial and somewhat dated. Cf. silly ass n. adj. at silly, adj. n.adv. compounds 3.

A foolish or stupid person; a fool, blockhead, dolt. Obsolete.

A brutal, cruel, or wicked person. In early use also: †a stupid or foolish person (obsolete). Cf. brute, n.1 2.

In singular and (usually) plural. A hare or rabbit.

As the type of what is lifeless, motionless, or void of sensation. Hence, a senseless or stupid person.

figurative. A worthless, stupid, or ignorant person. Often with the adjective blind; also used euphemistically = bastard, n. 2a.

A foolish or senseless person.

A dazed, stupefied, or inert person; a dullard; = dasiberd, n., dastard, n. 1.

transferred and figurative. Something resembling stone or a stone. in figurative sense, chiefly as the supposed substance of a ‘hard’ heart; also…

A stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton.

A foolish or stupid person; (also) an elderly person whose mental faculties are impaired.

A stupid person; blockhead, fool.

One inert or dull of wit, a dullard; a sot. Obsolete.

A foolish or stupid person; (more usually) an elderly person whose mental faculties are impaired. Now rare (Scottish and English regional (chiefly nor…

A dull or stupid person; a dolt, dunce.

A person who lacks good sense; a foolish or witless person. Cf. lackwit, n.

A stupid person, a fool.

With depreciative adjective: a person of a specified kind. Obsolete.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot. Cf. ass, n.1 2.

In extended use, of a person. gen. A person having a quality characteristic of or associated with mules, esp. a stupid, obstinate, or physically…

= dull-head, n.

A silly or foolish person; a dolt, a fool. Also peak-hoddy, peak-noddy.

A dull or stupid person; one slow of comprehension.

= doddypoll, n.

A fool, a simpleton.

A head, likened to a hammer; a blockhead. (Cf. beetle-head n.) Obsolete.

A dull-headed or slow-witted person; a fool, a blockhead.

As a type of dullness, and a term of reproach.

A dull, stupid fellow; a blockhead, numskull.

Hence, One whose head is blockish or ‘wooden’; an utterly stupid fellow.

A stupid or silly person, a fool, a blockhead. Now archaic.

A fool, a dolt. Also in extended use.

A blockhead, thickhead, dunce.

figurative. A dull or stupid person; a fool, simpleton.

attributive and in other combinations, as skit-brains, skit-brained, in opprobrious use.

A person resembling a block or log of wood: (a) (in unintelligence) a blockhead; (b) (in want of feeling) a hard-hearted person.

transferred. Applied to human beings: A stupid fellow, a dolt; sometimes a meek inoffensive person. Also as a term of endearment. Essex calf n. a…

Usually with capital initial(s). As a proper noun, used as the type of a foolish, stupid, or half-witted person.

A person who is slow at learning or of low intelligence; a stupid, dim-witted person; an idiot. (Now the usual sense.)

Perhaps: (as a term of contempt) = druggle, n. Obsolete.

(See quot. 1570: perhaps not the same word.) Obsolete.

A dumb person; a stupid, dull person.

The name of an English county, occurring attributively in Essex board (see quot. 1933); Essex calf (literally a calf reared in Essex), formerly…

/ˈdʒəʊlthɛd/ A heavy-headed or thick-headed person; a blockhead. Also attributive.

An unthinking or unintelligent person; a ‘blockhead’. Also: a person who is stubborn and uncompromising. Occasionally as a nickname. Cf. hard, adj.…

a stupid or blundering fellow = beetle, n.2 4 (obsolete).

= grout-head, n.

A thick-headed person, a dullard.

One who has a thick skin; a person dull or slow of feeling. Also attributive.

A mock title for a fool.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a numbskull.

A scholastical pedant, a dull-witted person, dolt; cf. dunce, n.

a stupid or worthless person.

A thick-headed or stupid person; a blockhead.

= blockhead, n. adj.

used as a term of abuse, with reference to the grotesquely carved head of a cittern.

= noddypoll, n.

A silly or stupid person. Frequently as a form of address. Cf. numpty, n.

figurative. Applied to persons. Obsolete.

Applied to a person: A blockhead (cf. stock, n.1 1c, stub, n. 2); a man of short stumpy figure (cf. stub, n. 7d). †Sometimes as a term of…

A person whose head is likened to that of a ram; a dull, slow-witted, or obstinate individual; a cuckold. Now historical.

a foolish or stupid person; cf. goose, n. 1f.

A blockhead, a fool.

figurative. A blockhead, clodpate; a clodhopper.

A clod of earth. Also figurative cf. clod, n. 4. Obsolete.

A ‘donkey,’ fool, dolt.

(clotpoll, -pole.) A clod-poll, n., blockhead, dolt.

Shortened form of doddypoll, n. Obsolete.

A term of contempt: a heavy, stupid, weak, or cowardly person.

A stupid person; a fool, a dunce.

A stupid person; a dolt, a blockhead. Now chiefly archaic.

= clod-pate, n.

A dull or stupid person; humorously as a proper name.

/ˈdʒəʊltəhɛd/ = jolthead, n. 2.

‘A stupid fellow; a blockhead’ (Johnson). Also attributive.

A stupid or foolish person; = dunderhead, n.

A stupid or slow-witted person; an idiot, a fool.

slang. A buffoon; a blockhead, a dolt. Also (regional): a fop (cf. macaroni, n. 2).

A thickhead or blockhead.

figurative. A dull fellow, a clod, n. Still dialect. In modern colloquial use: a fool; a ‘chump’. (Often a mild, or even friendly, term of abuse.)

colloquial. Originally as a general term of abuse for a boy or young man. In later use: a stupid, inept, or ridiculous person.

= clod-pate, n.

colloquial. A stupid person; a fool, an idiot.

a clod-pate, n.

figurative. A blockhead; = stock, n.1 1c. Obsolete.

An unintelligent, foolish, or gullible person; a simpleton.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a fool, a blockhead.

A stupid clown, a ‘thick-head’.

figurative. A stupid person.

A witless or stupid person.

A born fool, a dolt. Obsolete.

figurative. A dull, inert, or stupid person. Obsolete.

(a) a dolt, blockhead; (b) a stupid head (quot. 1711).

(a) (derogatory) a dull-witted or foolish person (cf. sense 6); (b) the head formed by the unexpanded leaves of a cabbage.

A stupid or foolish person, a blockhead. Cf. country put n. at country, n. adj.compounds 4.

Phrases. a piece of wood: a contemptuous appellation for a stupid person; a blockhead.

Chiefly Scottish (north-eastern). A stupid or ineffectual person.

A stupid or foolish person; = dunderhead, n.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a blockhead.

(a) slang a blockhead; (b) Australian the friar-bird.

A fool, a simpleton.

In personal names used generically with the meaning ‘a stupid or foolish person, an oaf’, as Tom Cony, Tom Dingle, Tom Towly. Cf. Tom doodle n. at…

A simpleton; a dull, stupid, or ineffectual person; = mope, n. 1.

bluff-bowed, bluff-browed, bluff-chested, bluff-headed (see sense 1a); bluff-head n. a bluff headland, the top of a bluff; also figurative as a…

= clod-head n.

(a) A stupid, dim-witted person; an idiot. (b) A deaf person. Obsolete.

A dull, spiritless, foolish, or stupid person. Now rare.

A stupid person; a fool, an idiot.

A stupid or foolish person; a fool, a blockhead, an idiot.

An unintelligent or uneducated person; a fool, an idiot.

A stupid, inept, or dim-witted person; an idiot. Cf. dunce, n. 3.

One who has not all his wits; a half-witted person. Also attrib.

a thick-skulled person.

A foolish or stupid person; an idiot, a dolt. Cf. ass, n.1 2. Now chiefly North American.

a thick-headed or dull person (in quot. attributive).

A numbskull, a blockhead.

a thick-head, a block-head.

Originally U.S. A person compared disparagingly to an old woman; a fussy, indecisive, or unenterprising person. Also: (English regional (Cheshire))…

a stupid or slow-witted person; a fool, an idiot, a blockhead; frequently as a contemptuous form of address.

A dolt, blockhead.

(a) Nautical the head or end of any timber; spec. such an end rising above the deck and serving as a bollard: see 1860 at kevel, n.2 2; (b) slang…

a sheep's head; figurative a stupid person.

A person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs; a dolt, blockhead.

A foolish or stupid person.

A stupid, halfwitted person.

A dull or stupid person. Cf. sheep's head, n. 2.

= numbskull, n.

= dumbhead, n.

A stupid person, a blockhead.

In fishes (singular and plural), the upper part of the trunk, adjoining the head.

Chiefly as a contemptuous form of address: a stupid or foolish person; = stupid, n. 1.

One who is dull of intellect; a blockhead.

A fool, an idiot.

figurative. (See quot. 1825.)

A plaster statue, a wax figure or dummy. Also transferred, a slow-witted person, a blockhead.

a stupid person, a blockhead.

A fool, a stupid person. Also in extended use. Cf. nig-nog, n.1

= blockhead, n. 2.

One having a fat head; a stupid dolt.

Behaviour typical of a dunderhead; foolishness, stupidity.

Humorously applied to a person: cf. turnip-head n., turnip-headed adj. at compounds 1g.

U.S. colloquial (derogatory). A native of Tennessee. Now rare.

transferred. A stupid or silly person.

A stupid person; a fool, an idiot.

A dull-witted person; someone lacking interests or ambition (cf. cabbage head n. at compounds 4). Also: a person who is incapable of normal mental…

colloquial. Australian. A stupid or tiresome person (frequently as a term of abuse).

a stupid person, a blockhead; hence lubber-headed adj. (Eng. Dial. Dict.).

(A name for) a slow or lazy person; a dawdler; a slowcoach. Also: †a dim-witted person (obsolete).

An unintelligent, uneducated, or foolish person.

a stupid person.

A stupid or silly person, a fool, a blockhead. Now archaic.

a stupid person.

In extended use: a person who is stupid, awkward, or incompetent; a dolt, a fool; = donkey, n. 2a.

A stupid person.

colloquial (chiefly regional). A stupid person, a fool.

A stupid or incompetent person; a fool or simpleton; a gullible person, a dupe.

colloquial and slang (originally Schoolboys'). A thick-headed or stupid person.

A stupid or silly person; a fool, an idiot.

A stupid person; a person (esp. a man) who has a large or muscular physique but who is unintelligent or uncouth.

colloquial (derogatory). Applied to a person, esp. one considered crude or stupid.

colloquial and regional. A foolish or half-witted person; an idiot. Cf. sense A. 2b.

A slow-witted, unintelligent person.

A stupid person; a dupe.

A person with a head compared to a pumpkin; a fool, a dolt. Also: a head resembling or made from a pumpkin; spec. (a) a large or round head; (b) a…

= potato, n. 2. Also figurative, a stupid person.

figurative. A man as unintelligent as a chump of wood; a block, blockhead (cf. block, n. 15).

A dull or stupid person.

An extremely foolish or stupid person; an idiot, a moron. Also as a general term of abuse or disparagement.

A blockhead.

slang. A stupid person, an idiot. Obsolete. rare.

A blockhead.

A stupid or foolish person; also as a term of abuse. Cf. pinhead, n. 4a, pea-brain n. at pea, n.2 compounds 2, etc.

A round, flat face resembling a pie; a person with such a face, esp. if appearing blank or expressionless; a stupid person. Also attributive in pi…

English regional (south-western). A stupid or foolish person; an idiot. Cf. dough-baked, adj. 2.

Originally and chiefly North American. A stupid, stubborn, or contemptible person. Cf. butt-headed, adj. 1.

colloquial. derogatory. A person with an abnormally small head; (figurative) a stupid or foolish person.

A silly or foolish person; an idiot.

An incapable, worthless, or stupid person.

colloquial. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot. Cf. blockhead, n. 2.

slang (originally U.S.). A person characterized as unthinking or unintelligent; a blockhead.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Usually as two words or with hyphen. A foolish or stupid person. Cf. chicken-headed, adj.

a thick-witted person.

U.S. slang. A stupid, inept, or unsuccessful person.

colloquial. Originally and chiefly U.S. A stupid, inept, or blundering person; a fool. Cf. booby, n.1 1a.

U.S. slang. A gullible or easily-fooled person, a dupe; esp. a potential victim of a swindle or confidence trick. Cf. mark, n.1 26.

colloquial and regional. A slow-witted person; one who is easily taken in or swindled; a dupe, a sucker. Now chiefly U.S.

A stupid, silly, or foolish person. Also in extended use as a term of abuse or derision.

figurative. = thick-head, n. 1.

A stupid or fatuous person.

A foolish or stupid person. Cf. doofus, n.

A drunkard, esp. one whose faculties are affected by drinking. Hence: a fool, a person lacking ability.

(a) derogatory (a nickname for) an unthinking or unintelligent person; a blockhead; = bonehead, n. 1a; (b) a crash helmet, esp. one for a pilot; cf…

A stupid or slow-witted person; a fool, an idiot. Also attributive or as adj.

An uncouth, loutish, uneducated, or obnoxious person; a yob (esp. with connotations of lower-class origin).

A stupid, objectionable, or ridiculous man; a loser, a knuckle-head.

= dumbhead, n. Also attributive. slang (originally U.S.).

slang. An annoying, unpleasant, or idiotic person (esp. a man or boy). Cf. knobhead, n. 2.

A stolid, dull, or stupid person. Originally U.S.

A stupid or slow-witted person.

a stupid person.

Rhyming slang. = mug, n.6 Cf. steamer, n. 11.

slang. Originally U.S. A foolish, stupid, or annoying person.

A stupid or contemptible person. Cf. gink, n.

A foolish or unintelligent person.

A foolish or stupid person; also, as a mere term of abuse.

a thick-head; cf. clot-head n. at clot, n. compounds.

North American. A foolish or stupid person. Also dum(b)-dum(b). colloquial.

A fool; a stupid or unpleasant person.

U.S. regional. A stupid or worthless person.

slang (originally U.S.). A worthless, stupid, insane, or wildly eccentric person. Cf. dingbat, n. 3.

Originally and chiefly in Italian-speaking contexts: a stupid person. Also used as a contemptuous form of address.

An incompetent or stupid person; a contemptible person (esp. with reference to low social status).

(a person with) a tiny brain, (a person of) limited intelligence or perception.

Used as a disparaging term for a person. North American slang. A stupid or slow-witted person; a dolt, an idiot, a numbskull.

A stupid, unremarkable, or contemptible person.

A stupid, feeble, or dull person; a fool; a bore. slang.

A person of low intelligence.

A stupid, obnoxious, or worthless person. Often as a general term of abuse or contemptuous form of address. Cf. bohunk, n. 2.

North American slang. A stupid or contemptible person; an idiot.

A foolish or pathetic person, an idiot; sometimes as a form of address to such a person. Also (and earliest) as a modifier: stupid, foolish, pathetic.

figurative. colloquial. A dull, apathetic, unresponsive, or unthinkingly acquiescent person. Also as a general term of disparagement.

a stupid or empty-headed person; an idiot, a fool; (also) the supposedly tiny brain of such a person.

a stupid person (see also quot. 1940); also, a stupid horse.

A dull-witted, dejected, or talentless person; a fool.

A foolish or stupid person.

colloquial. name applied to a ‘dumb’ person, a mug; also, more generally, a quite ordinary person, any person.

a slow-witted or stupid person.

Australian and New Zealand slang. A fool; a stupid or incompetent person. Cf. ning-nong, n., nong-nong, n.

A dull-witted or stupid person.

Chiefly Irish English. derogatory. A foolish, incompetent, or gullible person; a person who talks nonsense or speaks incessantly; a loudmouth.

North American colloquial. Originally: a person whose head is said to be made of rock. Now usually: spec. a stupid person; blockhead, n. 2. Cf. to…

depreciative. A person whose head is likened to a potato; a stupid person, a fool. Also: a person from an area known for the cultivation of…

A stupid, irritating, or deliberately obnoxious person; = jerk, n.1 12. Frequently as a derogatory form of address.

U.S. slang. A stupid, slow, inept, or otherwise worthless person.

An idiot; a stupid person.

a stupid person.

colloquial (chiefly British and Irish English). As an intensifier (usually in derogatory and ironical contexts): complete, absolute, total…

A foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; (also spec.) a belligerent or disruptive person. Often as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. bampot, n.…

= nong, n. 2.

A stupid, annoying, or objectionable person (esp. a male); one whose behaviour is considered knowingly obnoxious, provocative, or disruptive. Cf. dick…

A slow-witted or stupid person.

A stupid, ridiculous, or inconsequential person.

A dull, stupid, inept, or contemptible person. Cf. lame, n.2 2.

A foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; (also spec.) a belligerent or disruptive person. Often as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. bam, n.2, bam…

A stupid, inept, or contemptible person; an idiot.

A foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; (also spec.) a belligerent or disruptive person. Often as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. bam, n.2, b…

A foolish or stupid person, an idiot; also as a general term of contempt. Cf. goofus, n.1

slang (originally U.S.). A stupid, annoying, or detestable person (esp. a male); one whose behaviour is considered knowingly obnoxious…

Chiefly British colloquial (mildly derogatory). A stupid person; a fool, an idiot.

A stupid person; an idiot.

slang (originally U.S.). A stupid or obnoxious person. Cf. dipshit, n.

= thick-head, n. 1a. Cf. thick, n. 6.

The anus; (derogatory) a stupid or unpleasant person.

figurative or in figurative context. A stupid person, a fool. U.S. slang.

= doofus, n.

coarse slang. A stupid, annoying, or objectionable person (esp. a male); esp. one whose behaviour is considered knowingly obnoxious, provocative, or…

A fool, a stupid person; a nobody.

= thick-head, n. 1a.

A stupid or annoying person; an idiot.

An idiot, a fool.

North American slang. A stupid person.

A foolish or unintelligent person or action.

An obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person (esp. a male). Also as a modifier as a more general term of contempt.

(a) a uniformed policeman; (b) a dim-wit.

An obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person (esp. a male). Cf. jerkwad, n.

colloquial (chiefly Scottish) Frequently in form doughball. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot.

An obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person (esp. a male).

A person with a large round face; (also) a stupid person. Frequently as a term of mild abuse.

A stupid or foolish person; an idiot.

An obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person (esp. a male). Often as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. dickweed, n., jerkwad, n.

A stupid or obnoxious person. Frequently as a contemptuous form of address. Cf. cocksucker, n. 2.

coarse slang (chiefly British). derogatory. An annoying, objectionable, or idiotic person; = knobhead, n. 2b. Cf. bell end, n. 3b.

slang. An incompetent or ineffectual person; an idiot. Also (with less derogatory force): someone enthusiastic but inept; a person prone to mishaps…

slang (originally and chiefly North American). A silly or inept person; a fool, an idiot.

An obnoxious, detestable, or stupid person (esp. a male). Cf. dickbag n. at dick, n.1 compounds 2.

slang. A stupid person.