"pothead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pothead.ogg [Australia] Forms: potheads [plural]
Etymology: pot (“marijuana”) + -head. First sense appears c. 1957 in the writings of Jack Gelber. Third sense appears c. 1639. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pot|head|t1=marijuana}} pot (“marijuana”) + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} pothead (plural potheads)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, or to excess. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (lifeform): Marijuana Translations (a person who smokes cannabis frequently): গাঁজাখোর (gãjakhōr) (Bengali), vyhulenec (Czech), potroker (Dutch), mariuhanaroker (Dutch), pilviveikko (Finnish), blossipää (Finnish), Kiffer [masculine] (German), Kifferin [feminine] (German), maconheiro (Portuguese), травоку́р (travokúr) [masculine] (Russian), планоку́р (planokúr) [masculine] (Russian), fumeta [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), porreta [feminine] (Spanish), marihuanero [masculine] (Spanish), motero [masculine] (Spanish), fumanchero [masculine] (Spanish), esrarkeş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pothead-en-noun-D1nMeoeq Disambiguation of Marijuana: 78 17 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -head, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 30 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 69 26 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 71 26 3 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 58 29 14 Disambiguation of 'a person who smokes cannabis frequently': 91 2 6
  2. (chiefly Canada) An electric motor's terminal connection or wiring box. Tags: Canada Categories (topical): Electronics Synonyms: pecker, T-box, peckerhead
    Sense id: en-pothead-en-noun-7Q2gtlcP Disambiguation of Electronics: 12 75 13 Categories (other): Canadian English
  3. (slang, derogatory, obsolete) A stupid individual; a fool. Tags: derogatory, obsolete, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pothead-en-noun-FzO84mgP Disambiguation of People: 17 25 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stoner [person], weedhead [person]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pothead meaning in All languages combined (6.1kB)

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