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big-head

big-head is the alternative spelling of bighead.

Meaning of bighead

Noun

bighead (countable and uncountable, plural bigheads)

  1. (colloquial, countable, especially) A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person.
    • He is such a bighead and so lazy that I don't know how far he will go. He can read and write English a little bit and he thinks that is enough for him to know.1997, Virginia Watson, Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds, page 174
  2. (colloquial, countable) Any of several species of fish having a large head.
  3. (colloquial, uncountable) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.

Forms of big-head

pluralbig-heads

Questions about big-head

What is big-head the alternative spelling of?
Big-head is the alternative spelling of bighead.

Words near big-head in the dictionary

  1. big-fish-little-pond effect
  2. big-fish-little-pond effects
  3. big-footed mice
  4. big-footed mouse
  5. big-girl pants
  6. big-head
  7. big-headed
  8. big-headed rice rat
  9. big-headed turtle
  10. big-headed turtles
  11. big-headedness

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