Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is highly skilled in a technical field, especially computer science, but who is often considered socially inept.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
propeller head .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His job is to provide a theoretical framework for Google's business practices while leading a team of quants to enforce bottom-line discipline, reining in the more propellerhead propensities of the company's dominant engineering culture.
Deeplinking 2009
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His job is to provide a theoretical framework for Google's business practices while leading a team of quants to enforce bottom-line discipline, reining in the more propellerhead propensities of the company's dominant engineering culture.
Deeplinking 2009
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His job is to provide a theoretical framework for Google's business practices while leading a team of quants to enforce bottom-line discipline, reining in the more propellerhead propensities of the company's dominant engineering culture.
random($foo) 2009
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His job is to provide a theoretical framework for Google's business practices while leading a team of quants to enforce bottom-line discipline, reining in the more propellerhead propensities of the company's dominant engineering culture.
Deeplinking 2009
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As they bounced improvisations off each other, Ozzie coming up with ideas and Gates rocking back and forth with excitement, it was like watching some propellerhead version of a John Coltrane-Miles Davis performance.
Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode 2008
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However there is often a disconnect between the propellerhead nerds in Bentonville and the folks that actually work on the floor in the stores.
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They were hard to spot and even harder to decipher, but because the narrative was being pieced together online, you didn't have to be a propellerhead to follow it.
Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games 2007
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So companies have to decide on the right mix as to what IT they insource and what they outsource, especially if CIOs want to move upstream and add business value, and don't just want to be the propellerhead guy that buys widgets.
BBC News - Home 2011
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A few years ago, my propellerhead brother-in-law was walking around the local airport in Redlands, CA - spending his afternoon looking at planes.
Jalopnik 2010
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This one genuinely might sit on a coffee table, and you don't have to be a culinary propellerhead to enjoy it.
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