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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/ [UK], /ˈmoʊtɚˌhɛd/ [US] Audio: En-au-motorhead.ogg [Australia] Forms: motorheads [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English headder. English -head English motorhead From motor + -head. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|motor|-head<id:head>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? 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Head templates: {{en-noun}} motorhead (plural motorheads)
  1. (US, Canada, slang) A car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast. Tags: Canada, US, slang Synonyms (car enthusiast): gearhead (english: American English), petrolhead [British, English], revhead [Australian, English] Translations (car enthusiast): automies (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-motorhead-en-noun-4WLsjKuk Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -head (head), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head (head): 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'car enthusiast': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'car enthusiast': 99 1
  2. (UK, slang) A heavy user of amphetamines. Tags: UK, slang Synonyms (amphetamine addict): speed freak Translations (heavy user of amphetamine): spiidipää (Finnish), амфетами́нщик (amfetamínščik) [masculine] (Russian), амфетами́нщица (amfetamínščica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-motorhead-en-noun-N-toOTfw Categories (other): British English, Automotive Disambiguation of Automotive: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'amphetamine addict': 34 66 Disambiguation of 'heavy user of amphetamine': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: motordom, motormania

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "motorheads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "motorhead (plural motorheads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "motordom"
    },
    {
      "word": "motormania"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Motion Picture), spoken by Grace Wheelberg (Edie McClurg):",
          "text": "The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
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              181
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2023 December 13, “SoCal Car Guru Motorhead Mama Shares Sage Advice for Potential EV Buyers”, in Golden State:",
          "text": "Amelia may soon return to her roots in TV production as she completes an exciting pilot about car culture, a nice integration of vocation and avocation for this particular motorhead.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, slang) A car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy user of amphetamines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amphetamine",
          "amphetamine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang) A heavy user of amphetamines."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoʊtɚˌhɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/En-au-motorhead.ogg/En-au-motorhead.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/En-au-motorhead.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "American English",
      "sense": "car enthusiast",
      "translation": "American English",
      "word": "gearhead"
    },
    {
      "sense": "car enthusiast",
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "petrolhead"
    },
    {
      "sense": "car enthusiast",
      "tags": [
        "Australian",
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "revhead"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amphetamine addict",
      "word": "speed freak"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "car enthusiast",
      "word": "automies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "heavy user of amphetamine",
      "word": "spiidipää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "amfetamínščik",
      "sense": "heavy user of amphetamine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "амфетами́нщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "amfetamínščica",
      "sense": "heavy user of amphetamine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "амфетами́нщица"
    }
  ],
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}

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