pinhead

[ pin-hed ]
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noun
  1. the head of a pin.

  2. something very small or insignificant.

  1. Slang. a stupid person; nitwit.

Origin of pinhead

1
First recorded in 1655–65; pin + head

Words Nearby pinhead

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How to use pinhead in a sentence

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

    My Wonderful Visit | Charlie Chaplin
  • pinhead video-cameras cost less than a good restaurant dinner these days, so they're showing up everywhere.

    Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
  • Behind the screen, one of the multiple rows of pinhead tapes shifted slightly as the index was flicked into reading position.

    Novice | James H. Schmitz
  • A marriage without "even a pinhead of bitterness" is a marriage without a pin-point of fault-finding, mental or oral.

    Happiness and Marriage | Elizabeth (Jones) Towne
  • This troubled him, but the trouble was, just then, a mere pinhead of blackness against the radiance of his spirit.

    Cap'n Warren's Wards | Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for pinhead

pinhead

/ (ˈpɪnˌhɛd) /


noun
  1. the head of a pin

  2. something very small

  1. informal a stupid or contemptible person

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