Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A head-shaped piece of wood used as a block for hats or wigs.
- n. A head containing no more intelligence or sense than a block; a blockish head.
- n. A person possessing such a head; a stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
Wiktionary
- n. A stupid person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Examples
“A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.”
“I never heard the word blockhead applied to a woman before, though I do not see why it should not, when there is evident occasion for it.”
“The son of a scribe, who causes the water to run out which little Jesus had collected in puddles, he calls a blockhead, and impious fellow, and causes him to become withered.”
“I never heard the word blockhead applied to a woman before, though I do not see why it should not, when there is evident occasion for it [1344].”
Life Of Johnson
“We may smile when he calls a blockhead, a blockhead; a dotard, a dotard; but when he attacks, for a difference of opinion, the”
“Just watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" -- which, as it happens, airs tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC -- and make a list of how many times the kid gets screamed at or called a blockhead or threatened with legal action simply because he chooses to spend his Halloween night in a pumpkin patch.”
“Walter Scott was called a blockhead by his teacher.”
“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown -- which, as it happens, airs tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC -- and make a list of how many times the kid gets screamed at or called a blockhead or threatened with legal action simply because he chooses to spend his Halloween night in a pumpkin patch.”
“In the Christmas show, Charlie Brown is ridiculed for his selection of a tree and he's referred to as a blockhead, but he also manages to have a number of civil conversations with his classmates and they ultimately treat him well, in keeping with the spirit of the season.”
Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie
“But the "blockhead" knew what he was about, and after a half circle to test the working of the engines, he opened the throttle and shot her upwards at a terrific speed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blockhead’.
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound Derogatives
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 237 more...
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unkind words
unkind words or those refering them.
twit, gibe, blockhead, bonehead, cretin, dullard, imbecile, simpleton, clod, dunce, simp, ignoramus and 39 more...
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Peanuts
Words related to the cartoons of Charles M Schulz by the same name.
wishy-washy liberal, peanuts, snoopy, linus, lucy, fussbudget, woodstock, good grief, charlie brown, schroeder, peppermint patty, violet and 13 more...
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I am costanza, lord of the "idiots"!
moron, dolt, knucklehead, buffoon, clown, imbecile, asinine, slow, witless, dimwitted, blockhead, clueless and 10 more...
hernesheir Name of a medical marijuana strain. Jan 15, 2010
yarb Citation on coal. Jun 28, 2008
gangerh Treeseed, there's a home for your 'cinder blockhead' on a the 'now open' list 'false teeth fairies'. Feb 27, 2008
slumry Frequently, a term for a Scandahoovian. Jul 21, 2007
reesetee It's a good word, to be sure, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for squarehead. I giggle every time I think of it. So...two-dimensional. Feb 18, 2007
chained_bear This is actually the word for a wooden model of one's head that one would bring to a wigmaker for a custom fitting. Feb 18, 2007