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thickhead

[ thik-hed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a stupid person; blockhead.
Also called whistler. any of several Old World birds of the genus Pachycephala, chiefly of various islands in the Pacific Ocean, related to the flycatchers, and having a melodious whistling call.

thickhead

/ ˈθɪkˌhɛd /

a stupid or ignorant person; fool
Also calledwhistler any of various Australian and SE Asian songbirds of the family Muscicapidae (flycatchers, etc)

First recorded in 1830–40; thick + head

I don't like you to look upon your father as a thickhead who couldn't be expected to succeed.

Id rather be a thickhead than a Pennsylvania Dutchman, any day, retorted the freckle-faced boy.

Often I got angry and, shutting the book with a bang, told him that he was a thickhead.

Yes, and hes an awful thickhead, butII-lovehim just the same.

And look here, Carruthers, don't think I'm playing the silly thickhead, and trying to mystify you.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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