hammer-headed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From hammer-head + -ed or hammer + headed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a head in the shape of a hammer.
To make you merry that are the Gods of Art, and guides vnto heauen, a number of rude Vulcans, vnweldy ſpeakers, hammer-headed clownes (for ſo it pleaſeth them in modeſtie to name themſelues) haue ſet their deformities to view, as it were in a daunce here before you.
1600, Thomas Nash, “The Epilogue”, in A Pleasant Comedie, Called Summers Last Will and Testament, London: […] Simon Stafford, for Walter Burre, →OCLC, signature I2, verso:
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Stupid, ignorant.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| hammerheaded | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
chuckleheaded · woolly-headed · unsmart · dumber than a rock · vacuous · mindless · thick as pig shit · fuzzy-minded · boofheaded · lamebrained · dim-bulb · vacant · knuckleheaded · goofy · stupid · dunderheaded · thick · dumb as a bag of hammers · dumb as dirt · braindead · slow on the uptake · smooth-brained · thick as champ · thick-skulled · wooden-headed · lowbrow · ignorant · chowderheaded · dumb as a doorknob · dopey · dim-headed · thick as a plank · thick as a whale omelette · not the sharpest tool in the shed · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · dumb as a post · oafish · monosynaptic · insipid · dull-minded · wool-headed · retarded · flea-brained · dumb · stolid · beetle-headed · thick as two short planks · fatheaded · idiotic · witless · purblind · dull · puerile · woolly-minded · half-witted · inane · childish · bee-brained · silly · sheep-headed · feeble-minded · mentally retarded · beef-witted · cretinous · pudding-headed · imbecilic · cerebrally challenged · ass-brained · Boeotian · dumber than a box of rocks · drowsy · thick as mince · lumpish · airheaded · numbskulled · half-brained · uninformed · peabrained · birdbrained · brainless · unclever · beefheaded · dumb as an ox · lunkheaded · pratty · thickheaded · rockheaded · addlepated · slow-witted · bullet-headed · doltish · unintelligent · ridiculous · empty-headed · dumb as a sack of hammers · dense · buffle-headed · thickwitted · soft · dim-witted · dumb as a box of rocks · dull-witted · shit-for-brains · quarter-witted · dull-headed · fuckwitted · bubbleheaded · sharp as a bowling ball · boneheaded · moronic · obtuse · blockheaded · crackbrained · unapprehensive · slow · intellectually challenged · foolish · thick as a brick · simple · muttonheaded · fuzzy-headed · hammer-headed · nitwitted · dented · not the sharpest crayon in the box · dim · mentally challenged · daft · dozy · addlebrained