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big heads

big heads is the plural of big head.

Meaning of big head

Noun

big head (plural big heads)

  1. (idiomatic) An inflated ego, an exaggerated belief in one's own importance.
    • He has gotten a little success, and a big head to go with it.
  2. (humorous, idiomatic, usually) The brain, as opposed to the penis; rational thought, as opposed to lust.
    • "I wasn't thinking." "Oh, you were thinking, just not with your big head. [...] A sexy skirt catches your eye, and you're blind to what's in front of you."2022 April 4, Joe Giordano, Appointment with ISIL, Rogue Phoenix Press, →ISBN
  3. (capitalized, figuratively, sometimes) The short head of a long tail distribution.
    • My friend Mark Wieman noted recently that the Long Tail has gotten so long and so thick that there's not much left in the Big Head.2019, Roy Christopher, “The Meme is Dead, Long Live the Meme”, in Alfie Bown, Dan Bristow, editors, Post Memes: Seizing the Memes of Production, punctum books, →ISBN, page 31

Questions about big heads

What is big heads the plural of?
Big heads is the plural of big head.

Words near big heads in the dictionary

  1. big hairy deal
  2. big hand
  3. big hands
  4. big hat, no cattle
  5. big head
  6. big heads
  7. big heart
  8. big hearts
  9. Big Hill
  10. big histories
  11. big history

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