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fathead

/ˈfæt.hɛd/

fathead noun: an idiot; a fool.

Noun

fathead (plural fatheads)

  1. (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
    • You fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!
    • ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 24
  2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
  3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
  4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
  5. Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps

fathead meaning in Tamil

fathead in Tamil

அறிவிலி, புத்தியீனன், மக்கு, முட்டாள்

Synonyms of fathead

Antonyms

Forms of fathead

pluralfatheads

Origin of fathead

From fat + head.

Words formed from fathead

Phrases with fathead

Questions about fathead

What does fathead mean?
Fathead means an idiot; a fool.
What is fathead in Tamil?
Fathead in Tamil is அறிவிலி, புத்தியீனன், மக்கு. See Fathead meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fathead?
Fathead is a noun.
How do you pronounce fathead?
Fathead is pronounced /ˈfæt.hɛd/.
What is the plural of fathead?
The plural of fathead is fatheads.

Words near fathead in the dictionary

  1. fath
  2. fatha
  3. Fathallah
  4. fathas
  5. fathe
  6. fathead
  7. fathead minnow
  8. fathead minnows
  9. fatheaded
  10. fatheadedly
  11. fatheadedness

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