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pumpkin head

pumpkin head noun: a severe head injury resulting from a beating.

Noun

pumpkin head (plural pumpkin heads)

  1. (US, idiomatic, slang) A severe head injury resulting from a beating.
  2. (ethnic, slang, slur) An Asian, from being reputed to have large round heads.
  3. (US, archaic, slang) A New Englander.

Forms of pumpkin head

pluralpumpkin heads

Questions about pumpkin head

What does pumpkin head mean?
Pumpkin head means a severe head injury resulting from a beating.
What part of speech is pumpkin head?
Pumpkin head is a noun.
What is the plural of pumpkin head?
The plural of pumpkin head is pumpkin heads.

Words near pumpkin head in the dictionary

  1. pumpkin breads
  2. pumpkin bug
  3. pumpkin bugs
  4. pumpkin chunkin'
  5. pumpkin chunking
  6. pumpkin head
  7. pumpkin heads
  8. pumpkin jug
  9. pumpkin pants
  10. pumpkin pie
  11. pumpkin pie spice

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