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scathead

scathead noun: synonym of shithead.

Noun

scathead (plural scatheads)

  1. (derogatory) Synonym of shithead.
    • “You stupid penis,” she started in on Mr. McIntosh with her service vocabulary. She was almost crying now. “You utterly dumbjohn scathead.”1983 May 16, J[oseph] Neil Schulman, chapter 7 [Indigo ♭—4275Å], in The Rainbow Cadenza: A Novel in Logosata Form, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, section II (λ 4200Å to 4500Å), page 69
    • “That scathead’s going to get us killed,” Bull growled in nearly a whisper.2009, Paul Flentge, chapter 12, in Path of the Wolf, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 126
    Synonyms:
    shithead

Examples of scathead in a sentence

  • The hardest part […] is finding someone […] 4) not a total scathead.2020, Tristan Palmgren, “Chicago, Now”, in Domino: Strays (Marvel Heroines), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 13:
  • “Arrogant little scathead,” Olin muttered under his breath, examining one of the frames, […]2022, E. M. Rensing, chapter 1, in The Lighthouse of Kuiper (The Heliosphere Trilogy; 1), →ISBN, book 1 (4Vesta):

Synonyms of scathead

Forms of scathead

pluralscatheads

Origin of scathead

From scat + -head.

Questions about scathead

What does scathead mean?
Scathead means synonym of shithead.
How do you use scathead in a sentence?
The hardest part […] is finding someone […] 4) not a total scathead.
What part of speech is scathead?
Scathead is a noun.
What is the plural of scathead?
The plural of scathead is scatheads.

Words near scathead in the dictionary

  1. scate
  2. scates
  3. scath
  4. scathand
  5. scathe
  6. scathead
  7. scatheads
  8. scathed
  9. scathefire
  10. scathefires
  11. scatheful

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