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-heads

-heads is the plural of -head.

Meaning of -head

Suffix (1)

-head (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

  1. Used to create nouns indicating a state; -hood.

Suffix (2)

-head (noun-forming suffix, plural -heads)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Used to form words for people who regularly have their mind focused upon a particular subject, activity, or a specified drug or other substance, or who are addicted in some way.
    • motor + -head → motorhead
  2. Used to form words to describe people who are dedicated fans of something, especially music.
    • jazz + -head → jazzhead
  3. (derogatory) Used with other words to form generic insults or epithets to indicate stupidity.
    • block + -head → blockhead

Questions about -heads

What is -heads the plural of?
-heads is the plural of -head.

Words near -heads in the dictionary

  1. -gyre
  2. -h
  3. -h-
  4. -ham
  5. -head
  6. -heads
  7. -hedra
  8. -hedral
  9. -hedron
  10. -hedrons
  11. -henge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -heads (page history and authors); -head (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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