helmette

Noun

helmet (plural helmets)

1. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
   • Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter II, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   helm, brain bucket

2. The upper part of a chemist's retort.

   Synonyms:

   helm

3. The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
4. A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
5. The glans penis.
   • And it makes me sick, the thought of your lipstick on his helmet.1998, “Quarterback”, in Adam Cohen, performed by Adam Cohen

   Synonyms:

   bell-end, cockhead, cue ball, dickhead, dome, head, knob, knobhead, little head, mushroom tip

6. (broadly, derogatory) A contemptible or stupid person.
   • Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.2021 September 3, MJowen174, Twitter, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2023

   Synonyms:

   bell-end, cockhead, cue ball, dickhead, dome, head, knob, knobhead, little head, mushroom tip

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