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dickhead

Syllables: dick·head/ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd/

dickhead noun: the glans penis.

Noun

dickhead (plural dickheads)

  1. (literally, slang, vulgar) The glans penis.
    • ...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime...1970, Clarence Major, All-night Visitors, page 71
  2. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A jerk; a mean or rude person.
    • I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them.1965, Robin Moore, The Green Berets, page 242
    • ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207
  3. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A stupid or useless person.
    • "Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"1979, E.M. Corder, The Deer Hunter, page 69

dickhead meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malay and Indonesian

dickhead in Tamil

நச்சரிப்பு மாந்தர்

dickhead in Telugu

(slang) stupid person
మూర్ఖుడు mūrkhuḍu

dickhead in Malay

(slang) glans penis
kepala butuh
(slang) stupid person
kepala butuh

dickhead in Indonesian

(slang) glans penis
palkon, pukon
(slang) stupid person
goblok, brengsek, keparat, palkon
More languagesFewer languages
dickhead in Thai
หัวควย hǔua-kuai

Synonyms of dickhead

Forms of dickhead

pluraldickheads
alternative formdick-head

Origin of dickhead

From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest. Compare cockhead, knobhead.

Words formed from dickhead

Questions about dickhead

What does dickhead mean?
Dickhead means the glans penis.
What is dickhead in Tamil?
Dickhead in Tamil is நச்சரிப்பு மாந்தர். See Dickhead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dickhead?
Dickhead is a noun.
How do you pronounce dickhead?
Dickhead is pronounced /ˈdɪkˌ(h)ɛd/.
What is the plural of dickhead?
The plural of dickhead is dickheads.

Words near dickhead in the dictionary

  1. dickfucker
  2. dickfuckers
  3. dickfucks
  4. dickgirl
  5. dickgirls
  6. dickhead
  7. dickheaded
  8. dickheadedly
  9. dickheadedness
  10. dickheadish
  11. dickheads

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dickhead (page history and authors); dickhead (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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