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hardhead

US/ˈhɑɹdˌhɛd/

hardhead noun: one who is practical or hardheaded.

hardhead: one who is practical or hardheaded
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Noun

hardhead (plural hardheads)

  1. One who is practical or hardheaded.
  2. A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
  3. Any of certain saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
  4. Mylopharodon conocephalus of fresh waters in California.
  5. Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, especially Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
  6. Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
  7. (obsolete) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
    • Both play at hardhead till they break their brains1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
  8. (historical) A Scottish billon coin circulated in the reigns of Mary and James VI.

Forms of hardhead

pluralhardheads

Origin of hardhead

From hard + head.

Words formed from hardhead

  • hardhead catfish

Questions about hardhead

What does hardhead mean?
Hardhead means one who is practical or hardheaded.
What part of speech is hardhead?
Hardhead is a noun.
How do you pronounce hardhead?
Hardhead is pronounced /ˈhɑɹdˌhɛd/ (US).
What is the plural of hardhead?
The plural of hardhead is hardheads.

Words near hardhead in the dictionary

  1. hardhanded
  2. hardhandedly
  3. hardhandedness
  4. hardhat
  5. hardhats
  6. hardhead
  7. hardheaded
  8. hardheadedly
  9. hardheadedness
  10. hardheads
  11. hardhearted

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