blockhead en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
1532, block (noun) + -head.
Meanings
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(colloquial) A stupid person.
Let me tell you something, blockhead: anyone who is stupid enough to do what you did deserves—
2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 595:[…]like a conceited mechanic in a village ale-house, you would set down every one who differs from you as an ignorant blockhead[…]
1819, William Hazlitt, “A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.”, in A. R. Waller, Arnold Glover, editors, The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, volume 1, London: J. M. Dent & Co., published 1902, page 368:Not all of them, by no means anywhere close to all of them, just the most notable blockheads among them — three altogether, two freshmen and one sophomore, all of whom were among the first to be expelled the next day — masturbated into pairs of stolen panties[…]
2008, Philip Roth, Indignation:[S]o I think, blockheads, ſaid Manfred; what is it has ſcared you thus?
1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter I, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 35:"What a blockhead that Charlie Brown is!"
1953, Charles Schulz, Peanuts:
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for human blockhead
alt of human blockhead
Waldo was sent that from an elderly blockhead named Fuzzy in Gibtown, Florida. That's the town to which most freaks retire.
2005, Brian M. Wiprud, Stuffed, →ISBN, page 262:Burkhardt was a legendary figure in the sideshow world, a mentor and instructor to a new generation of blockheads and other working acts who now train in private classes at Coney Island USA's Sideshow School with Burkhardt's disciple Todd Robbins (Zigun 2006).
2016, M. Chemers, Staging Stigma: A Critical Examination of the American Freak Show, →ISBN:He is a classic sideshow performer, entertaining crowds with feats such as sword swallowing, fire-eating, and chainsaw juggling. His specialty, however, is the human blockhead act, hammering six-inch nails up his nostrils.
2014, Louis J. Parascandola, John Parascandola -, A Coney Island Reader: Through Dizzy Gates of Illusion, →ISBN, page 306:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| block head | alternative | lexicographic | |
| block-head | alternative | lexicographic | |
| blockheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blockheadism · blockheadess · blockheaded · blockheadish · blockheadly
Translations (84)
fr cancre (stupid person) · ja 薄鈍 (stupid person) · ca totxo (stupid person) · pl zakuty łeb (stupid person) · ga dundarlán (stupid person) · ja 木偶の坊 (stupid person) · pl bałwanica (stupid person) · ru о́лух (stupid person) · es idiota (stupid person) · izh tuhkapussi (stupid person) · izh oolo (stupid person) · tr aptal (stupid person) · pt idiota (stupid person) · it testone (stupid person) · cmn 傻子 (stupid person) · sk hlupák (stupid person) · sv dumhuvud (stupid person) · grc στέλεχος (stupid person) · izh bolvana (stupid person) · ga ceann maide (stupid person) · sk tupec (stupid person) · ru дура́к (stupid person) · gd amadan (stupid person) · fi puupää (stupid person) · mi moho (stupid person) · sk somár (stupid person) · ky акмак (stupid person) · tr mankafa (stupid person) · la buccō (stupid person) · ga ceann cipín (stupid person) · da dosmer (stupid person) · la caudex (stupid person) · izh vohma (stupid person) · fr imbécile (stupid person) · izh durakka (stupid person) · pl tępak (stupid person) · hi चपड़गंजू (stupid person) · la blennus (stupid person) · gd burraidh (stupid person) · pl bęcwał (stupid person) · tr gerzek (stupid person) · hy տխմար (stupid person) · pl dureń (stupid person) · ru тупи́ца (stupid person) · bg глупа́к (stupid person) · ko 바보 (stupid person) · izh foofana (stupid person) · la stīpes (stupid person) · fi läskipää (stupid person) · sa दुर्मति (stupid person) · tr hıyarağası (stupid person) · nl domkop (stupid person) · ky келесоо (stupid person) · lb Dräibiz (stupid person) · ota طوی (stupid person) · te మొద్దు (stupid person) · sv träskalle (woodhead) (stupid person) · de Dummkopf (stupid person) · la gurdus (stupid person) · nl stomkop (stupid person) · ga blocán (stupid person) · it idiota (stupid person) · cs hlupák (stupid person) · izh tuhkapää (stupid person) · ru болва́н (stupid person) · hy դանդալոշ (stupid person) · it imbecille (stupid person) · pl przygłup (stupid person) · ru бе́столочь (stupid person) · fi pölkkypää (stupid person) · pl bałwan (stupid person) · yue 豬頭丙 /猪头丙 (stupid person) · ja 鈍間 (stupid person) · tr ahmak (stupid person) · cs pitomec (stupid person) · cmn 傻瓜 (stupid person) · izh hapalka (stupid person) · izh tuhkuri (stupid person) · mi porokohete (stupid person) · ga lúmaire (stupid person) · ca totxa (stupid person) · ga ceann máilléid (stupid person) · ga cloigeann maide (stupid person) · mk тапчо (stupid person)