blockhead
blockhead noun: a stupid person. Also the abbreviation of human blockhead.
Noun (1)
blockhead (plural blockheads)
- A stupid person.
- [S]o I think, blockheads, ſaid Manfred; what is it has ſcared you thus?1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter I, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC...
- […]like a conceited mechanic in a village ale-house, you would set down every one who differs from you as an ignorant blockhead[…]1819, William Hazlitt, “A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.”, in A. R. Waller, Arnold Glover, editors, The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, volume 1, London: J. M. Dent & Co., published 1902, page...
Verb
blockhead (third-person singular simple present blockheads, present participle blockheading, simple past and past participle blockheaded)
- To perform as a human blockhead.
- Like an old-time sideshow, the acts included lying on a bed of nails, blockheading and, of course, fire-eating.2007, Frank Cullen, Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly, Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America, →ISBN
- To behave in a stupid manner.
- Two years' blockading made fair Malta ours: A noble struggle! -- yet 't is thought (at Rading) That Britain's island shews superior pow'rs, To bear, and to survive, two years blockheading !1804, The Spirit of the Public Journals
- I have blockheading and boxing enough at Master Lovell's, I won't have it repeated here; and in a great passion, I threw the Virgil at his head, hit him in the face, and bruised his lip, and ran away.1856, John Adams, The works of John Adams, second President of the United States, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Blockhead
Blockhead (plural Blockheads)
- A fan of the American boy band New Kids on the Block.
- McCartneymania seemed to be a chance for the parents of Blockheads, the kids who swarmed the New Kids on the Block last week, to do a little gawking of their own.1989 December 7, David Silverman, “Harrison rejects McCartney’s tentative offer of a reunion”, in Chicago Tribune, 143d year, number 341, section 5, page 11
- During Danny [Wood]’s solo spot in a New Kids concert, which comes about three-quarters of the way into the show, you can see five to ten minutes of the breakdancing routine that made him famous on the streets of Boston—and when he’s feeling particularly limber, he’ll spin on his head. (Please, do...1990, Anne M. Raso, New Kids on the Block Handbook, Modern Publishing, →ISBN, page 25
Also used as
blockhead is also the abbreviation of human blockhead.
blockhead meaning in Hindi, Telugu and Sanskrit
blockhead in Hindi
- stupid person
- चपड़गंजू capaṛgañjū
blockhead in Telugu
- stupid person
- మొద్దు moddu
blockhead in Sanskrit
- stupid person
- दुर्मति durmati
Examples of blockhead in a sentence
- "What a blockhead that Charlie Brown is!"1953, Charles Schulz, Peanuts:
- Let me tell you something, blockhead: anyone who is stupid enough to do what you did deserves—2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 595:
- The operation of blockheading is much the same as that of beheading, which Charles I underwent.1958, The Ethical Outlook: A Journal of the American Ethical Union:
Forms of blockhead
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blockheads |
| alternative form | block head |
| alternative form | block-head |
| plural | Blockheads |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blockheads |
| present participle | blockheading |
| past participle | blockheaded |
| past | blockheaded |
Origin of blockhead
1532, block (noun) + -head.
From block + -head.
Words formed from blockhead
Phrases with blockhead
Questions about blockhead
- What does blockhead mean?
- Blockhead means a stupid person.
- What is blockhead in Hindi?
- Blockhead in Hindi is चपड़गंजू (capaṛgañjū). See Blockhead meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use blockhead in a sentence?
- "What a blockhead that Charlie Brown is!"
- What part of speech is blockhead?
- Blockhead can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of blockhead?
- The plural of blockhead is blockheads.
Words near blockhead in the dictionary
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