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View synonyms for pinhead

pinhead

[ pin-hed ]

noun

  1. the head heads of a pin.
  2. something very small or insignificant.
  3. Slang. a stupid person; nitwit.


pinhead

/ ˈpɪnˌhɛd /

noun

  1. the head of a pin
  2. something very small
  3. informal.
    a stupid or contemptible person


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinhead1

First recorded in 1655–65; pin + head

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Example Sentences

This discovery gives me a fit 48 of introspection and I discover that I am, indeed, a narrow-minded little pinhead.

Pinhead video-cameras cost less than a good restaurant dinner these days, so they're showing up everywhere.

Behind the screen, one of the multiple rows of pinhead tapes shifted slightly as the index was flicked into reading position.

A marriage without "even a pinhead of bitterness" is a marriage without a pin-point of fault-finding, mental or oral.

This troubled him, but the trouble was, just then, a mere pinhead of blackness against the radiance of his spirit.

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