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motorhead

UK/ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/US/ˈmoʊtɚˌhɛd/

motorhead noun: a car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast.

Noun

motorhead (plural motorheads)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) A car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast.
    • The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Motion Picture), spoken by Grace Wheelberg (Edie McClurg)
    • Amelia may soon return to her roots in TV production as she completes an exciting pilot about car culture, a nice integration of vocation and avocation for this particular motorhead.2023 December 13, “SoCal Car Guru Motorhead Mama Shares Sage Advice for Potential EV Buyers”, in Golden State
  2. (UK, slang) A heavy user of amphetamines.
    Synonyms:
    speed freak

Synonyms of motorhead

Forms of motorhead

pluralmotorheads

Origin of motorhead

From motor + -head.

Questions about motorhead

What does motorhead mean?
Motorhead means a car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast.
What part of speech is motorhead?
Motorhead is a noun.
How do you pronounce motorhead?
Motorhead is pronounced /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/ (UK).
What is the plural of motorhead?
The plural of motorhead is motorheads.

Words near motorhead in the dictionary

  1. motoreductors
  2. motorglider
  3. motorgliders
  4. motorhand
  5. motorhands
  6. motorhead
  7. motorheads
  8. motorhome
  9. motorhomes
  10. motorhood
  11. motorhoods

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