head-the-ball
/ˈhɛdðəbɔːl/(also heid-the-baw) informal (chiefly Irish English and Scottish )
noun
(A name for) a foolish or silly person, an idiot.
- Used either depreciatively or affectionately, depending on the context..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Brendan Behan (1923–1964), writer. From head + the + ball.
- Restoration comedy
- Restoration Day
- restoration ecology
- restorationism
- restorationist
- restorative
- restorative justice
- restoratively
- restoratory
- restore
- restorement
- restorer
- restoress
- rest (or God rest) his (or her) soul
- restoring force
- restoringly
- restow
- rest position
- Restrahl
- Restrahlen
- restrain
- restrainable
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