Definitions
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- adj. Alternative spelling of hotheaded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. quickly and easily aroused to anger; fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of ardent passions; vehement; violent; rash; impetuous.
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Examples
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The net result of ownership consolidation (aided and abetted by the rise of the Internet) is poorly-staffed newspapers and commercial television and radio that are long on hot-headed opinions, advertisements and mindless entertainment, but short on the substance that an informed democracy requires.
Josh Silver: Washington Post Endorses Comcast-NBC: Ironically Proves Dangers of Mega-Merger
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It was vicious also in the 1980s, as when the Packers' Charles Martin, a hot-headed defensive lineman, body-slammed Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the hard turf at Soldier Field in 1986.
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An older vaquero is mentoring a hot-headed younger vaquero, they engage in arm-wrestling, sword fighting, who can cantar better, etc.
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Doug's gang are old school friends, the closest to him being the hot-headed Jem (Jeremy Renner, the bomb disposal expert in The Hurt Locker), just out of jail after serving a nine-year sentence.
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McGinn was upset that Erica had called him “hot-headed” (which she did yesterday).
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Roberto Di Matteo had claimed that referees were institutionally biased against his West Brom team, while Gérard Houllier made the sort of wildly unsubstantiated accusations of British xenophobia, which, quite frankly, are typical of a hot-headed foreigner.
Why the witch-hunt against Cesc Fábregas gets my goat | Harry Pearson
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Sure, he's hot-headed and even had to be led back to the huddle by one of his players to keep from getting a technical foul in the final minute of the game, but wins are the bottom line.
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Just the kind of unstable twit we do NOT need as the VP, especially given that McCain was 72 and a hot-headed cowboy.
Poll: Majority of Republicans don't think Palin's qualified for prez
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Statements like that McCrypt, are exactly why the majority of American voters did NOT want you, a hot-headed, ill-tempered, bitter old man in the Oval Office.
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He's always bee known as a hot-headed partisan hack.
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