"fathead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfæt.hɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fathead.wav Forms: fatheads [plural]
Etymology: From fat + head. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fat|head}} fat + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} fathead (plural fatheads)
  1. (derogatory) An idiot; a fool. Tags: derogatory Translations (idiot): глупак (glupak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), тъпак (tǎpak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), läskipää (Finnish), buccō [masculine] (Latin), pendew [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fathead-en-noun-qxXbfy6V Disambiguation of 'idiot': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow. Translations (Pimephales promelas): rasvapäämutu (Finnish), Amerikanische Dickkopfelritze [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-fathead-en-noun-HdkRJpvD Categories (other): Leuciscine fish, Stromateoid fish Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 1 33 34 5 28 Disambiguation of Stromateoid fish: 0 33 32 5 29 Disambiguation of 'Pimephales promelas': 0 59 20 12 9
  3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
    Sense id: en-fathead-en-noun--7OBSUVf Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Leuciscine fish, Scorpaeniform fish, Stromateoid fish, Wrasses Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 1 9 67 17 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 10 70 15 5 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 1 13 64 13 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 4 76 17 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 12 68 16 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 66 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 9 67 14 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 6 74 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 8 65 19 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 10 68 15 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 2 13 61 16 9 Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 1 33 34 5 28 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 0 25 37 16 21 Disambiguation of Stromateoid fish: 0 33 32 5 29 Disambiguation of Wrasses: 2 7 74 12 5
  4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
    Sense id: en-fathead-en-noun-w3alre03
  5. Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps
    Sense id: en-fathead-en-noun-~w0J4ieB Categories (other): Leuciscine fish, Stromateoid fish Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 1 33 34 5 28 Disambiguation of Stromateoid fish: 0 33 32 5 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dunce [derogatory], imbecile, lout, nincompoop, idiot Derived forms: fathead minnow

Inflected forms

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