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butthead

/ˈbʌtˌhɛd/

butthead noun: an annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.

Noun

butthead (plural buttheads)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes, vulgar) An annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.
    • If you think, "He is such a butthead," you might ask yourself what a butthead would...2009, Glenn R. Schiraldi, The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, page 131
    Synonyms:
    jerk

Synonyms of butthead

Forms of butthead

pluralbuttheads

Origin of butthead

From butt (“buttocks, backside”) + head. Compare buttface.

Questions about butthead

What does butthead mean?
Butthead means an annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.
What part of speech is butthead?
Butthead is a noun.
How do you pronounce butthead?
Butthead is pronounced /ˈbʌtˌhɛd/.
What is the plural of butthead?
The plural of butthead is buttheads.

Words near butthead in the dictionary

  1. buttfucks
  2. buttful
  3. buttfuls
  4. buttgenbachite
  5. Buttgereit
  6. butthead
  7. buttheaded
  8. buttheadedly
  9. buttheadedness
  10. buttheads
  11. butthole

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