hammer-headed
hammer-headed adjective: having a head in the shape of a hammer.
Adjective
hammer-headed (not comparable)
- Having a head in the shape of a hammer.
- To make you merry that are the Gods of Art, and guides vnto heauen, a number of rude Vulcans, vnweldy ſpeakers, hammer-headed clownes (for ſo it pleaſeth them in modeſtie to name themſelues) haue ſet their deformities to view, as it were in a daunce here before you.1600, Thomas Nash, “The Epilogue”, in A Pleasant Comedie, Called Summers Last Will and Testament, London: […] Simon Stafford, for Walter Burre, →OCLC, signature I2, verso
- Stupid, ignorant.
- We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
- Synonyms:
- addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
hammer-headed meaning in Bengali
hammer-headed in Bengali
- হাতুড়ির আকৃতির মাথা বিশিষ্ট, নির্বোধ, অজ্ঞ
Synonyms of hammer-headed
- addlebrained
- addlepated
- airheaded
- bee-brained
- beef-witted
- soft
- beefheaded
- beetle-headed
- birdbrained
- blockheaded
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- Boeotian
- boneheaded
- boofheaded
- braindead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- buffle-headed
- bullet-headed
- cerebrally challenged
- childish
- chowderheaded
- chuckleheaded
- crackbrained
- cretinous
- daft
- dense
- dented
- dim-bulb
- dim-headed
- dim-witted
- dim
- doltish
- dopey
- dozy
- drowsy
- dull-headed
- dull-minded
- dull-witted
- dull
- dumber than a box of rocks
Forms of hammer-headed
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Origin of hammer-headed
From hammer-head + -ed or hammer + headed.
Phrases with hammer-headed
Questions about hammer-headed
- What does hammer-headed mean?
- Hammer-headed means having a head in the shape of a hammer.
- What is hammer-headed in Bengali?
- Hammer-headed in Bengali is হাতুড়ির আকৃতির মাথা বিশিষ্ট, নির্বোধ, অজ্ঞ. See Hammer-headed meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is hammer-headed?
- Hammer-headed is an adjective.
Words near hammer-headed in the dictionary
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