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warhead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From war + head, originally to distinguish a live war head of a torpedo from an inert exercise head. Piecewise doublet of war chief.

Meanings

1. The part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition which contains either the nuclear or thermonuclear system, high explosive system, chemical or biological agents, or inert materials intended to inflict damage.
   • "Multi Bottle Rocket". Possibly the strongest weapon around, it does a lot of damage due to its massive warhead. 1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
   • "To their anchorage off Kodiak," Chuck says. "The Orthos were all ready. They had put together a crew of ex-Navy men, guys who had worked on nuke subs in the past—X-rays, they call them—and they came and took the sub over. As for us, we had no idea that any of this had happened. Until one of the warheads showed up in the goddamn front yard." 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 300:
2. (slang) The glans penis.
3. (slang) A cigarette where the tobacco is mixed with some other drug.

Forms

Deriveds

superwarhead · hydrogen warhead · super warhead · multiwarhead · warheaded · nuclear warhead

Translations (53)

sh bojna glava (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · fa-ira کُلاهَکِ جَنْگی (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ur راسُ ٱلْحَرْب (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · cmn 彈頭 /弹头 (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · nb stridshode (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ko 탄두 (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · cs bojová hlavice (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · et lõhkepea (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ro focoasă (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · hi ध्वंसशीर्ष (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · pl głowica bojowa (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · de Sprengkopf (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sh бојна глава (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · hu robbanófej (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · tg сари ҷангӣ (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · tr savaş başlığı (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · fr ogive (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · nl springkop (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · be боегало́ўка (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ms kepala peledak (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sq kokë luftarake (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sh bojeva glava (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sk bojová hlavica (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sl bojna glava (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · yi אויפֿרײַסשפּיץ (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · lv kaujas galviņa (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · vi đầu đạn (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · hy մարտական գլխիկ (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · pt ogiva (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · uk боєголо́вка (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · mk бо́ева гла́ва (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · nn stridshovud (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ro ogivă (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ru боеголо́вка (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · id hulu ledak (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · he רֹאשׁ קְרָב (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · de Gefechtskopf (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · da sprænghoved (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sh бојева глава (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · lt kovinė galvutė (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · sv stridsspets (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · el εκρητική κεφαλή (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · kk оқтұмсық (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · az döyüş başlığı (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · bg бо́йна глава́ (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · es ojiva (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · cmn 戰鬥部 /战斗部 (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · hy մարտագլխիկ (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · fi taistelukärki (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ka ქობინი (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · it testata (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ja 弾頭 (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition) · ar رَأْس حَرْبِيّ (part of a missile, projectile, torpedo, rocket, or other munition)