Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stupid person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A labroid fish, Semi-cossyphus or Pimelometopon pulcher, with 12 dorsal spines, continuous lateral line, scaly cheeks and opercles, and naked dorsal fin.
- noun A cyprinoid fish, the blackhead or black-headed minnow, Pimephales promelas, having a short, roundish, blackish head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (
Pimephales promelas ); -- called alsoblack-headed minnow . - noun A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun derogatory An
idiot ; afool . - noun zoology A
cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow. - noun zoology A
labroid food fish ofCalifornia ; theredfish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
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Examples
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The old fashioned term "fathead" describes Tom Watson to perfection.
EXCLUSIVE: Labour Breach Electoral Law in Ealing Southall 2007
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And don't think I'm the kind of fathead who tries to fend off lightning with his fists, either.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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The B&W; mugshot on JAM comically appears to be horizontally stretched - I therefore propose Jack Marx be henceforth known as "fathead".
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As for Taft being a "fathead," his head was indeed as "fat" as his famously huge ass.
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If the White House and Congress 'goal is a healthier nation, the path forward is incredibly obvious - only a fathead would see it otherwise.
Economics 2010
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If the White House and Congress 'goal is a healthier nation, the path forward is incredibly obvious - only a fathead would see it otherwise.
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The EPA said it also needs to keep test organisms alive, such as fathead minnow and small crustaceans, during a government shutdown.
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If the White House and Congress 'goal is a healthier nation, the path forward is incredibly obvious - only a fathead would see it otherwise.
fatheads 2009
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If the White House and Congress 'goal is a healthier nation, the path forward is incredibly obvious - only a fathead would see it otherwise.
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If the White House and Congress 'goal is a healthier nation, the path forward is incredibly obvious - only a fathead would see it otherwise.
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pomegranate commented on the word fathead
My dad called me this all the time. He used it when he was trying not to curse!
December 5, 2007