"bighead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/ Forms: bigheads [plural]
Etymology: From big + head. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|big|head}} big + head Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bighead (countable and uncountable, plural bigheads)
  1. (countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person. Tags: colloquial, countable, especially Categories (topical): People Translations (A person with an inflated opinion of themselves): κεφάλα (kefála) [feminine] (Greek), pallone gonfiato [masculine] (Italian), задава́ка (zadaváka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), вообража́ла (voobražála) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bighead-en-noun-mExdEi7F Disambiguation of People: 94 3 3 Categories (other): 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 Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 44 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of 'A person with an inflated opinion of themselves': 98 1 1
  2. (countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head. Tags: colloquial, countable Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-bighead-en-noun-FaLY2Mi2 Disambiguation of Fish: 25 53 22 Categories (other): 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 Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 44 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 34 32
  3. (uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bighead-en-noun-cREbEF6v 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 Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 19 35 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 44 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 35 32 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 34 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: big head Related terms: big-headed, bigheaded, bigheadedness, biggy head (english: Cottidae), proudling [obsolete], swellhead, egotist
Derived forms: African bighead snake (taxonomic: Hypoptophis wilsonii), bighead beaked sandfish (taxonomic: Gonorynchus abbreviatus), bighead brotula (taxonomic: Grammonus opisthodon), bighead carp (alt: syn. Aristichthys nobilis) (taxonomic: Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), bighead catfish (taxonomic: Clarias macrocephalus), bighead catshark (taxonomic: Apristurus bucephalus), bighead croaker (alt: Collichthys niveatus and Pennahia anea), bighead cusk-eel (taxonomic: Otophidium indefatigabile), bighead dustymaiden (taxonomic: Chaenactis macrantha), bighead goby (alt: Drombus globiceps and Ponticola kessleri), bighead grenadier (alt: Coryphaenoides capito and Coryphaenoides rudis), bighead grouper (taxonomic: Epinephelus amblycephalus), bighead gurnard perch (taxonomic: Neosebastes pandus), bighead horkelia (taxonomic: Horkelia fusca subsp. capitata), bighead knapweed (taxonomic: Centaurea macrocephala), bighead mora (taxonomic: Laemonema verecundum), bighead pennah croaker (taxonomic: Pennahia anea), bighead portholefish (alt: Margrethia obtusirostra), bighead pupfish (taxonomic: Cyprinodon pachycephalus), bighead pygmycudweed (taxonomic: Evax prolifera), bighead rush (taxonomic: Juncus megacephalus), bighead sand perch (taxonomic: Diplectrum euryplectrum), bighead sculpin (taxonomic: Batrachocottus baicalensis) (english: Cottocomephoridae), bighead sea snake (taxonomic: Hydrophis annandalei), bighead seahorse (taxonomic: Hippocampus grandiceps), bighead searobin (taxonomic: Prionotus tribulus), bighead searsid (alt: Holtbyrnia anomala), bighead snailfish (taxonomic: Liparis megacephalus), bighead spurdog (taxonomic: Squalus bucephalus), bighead straitjackets (taxonomic: Micropsis dasycarpa), bighead threefin (taxonomic: Trianectes bucephalus), bighead tilefish (taxonomic: Caulolatilus affinis), bighead whiptail (taxonomic: Coryphaenoides rudis)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "taxonomic": "Liparis megacephalus",
      "word": "bighead snailfish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Squalus bucephalus",
      "word": "bighead spurdog"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Micropsis dasycarpa",
      "word": "bighead straitjackets"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Trianectes bucephalus",
      "word": "bighead threefin"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Caulolatilus affinis",
      "word": "bighead tilefish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Coryphaenoides rudis",
      "word": "bighead whiptail"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "big",
        "3": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "big + head",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From big + head.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bigheads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "bighead (countable and uncountable, plural bigheads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "big-headed"
    },
    {
      "word": "bigheaded"
    },
    {
      "word": "bigheadedness"
    },
    {
      "english": "Cottidae",
      "word": "biggy head"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "proudling"
    },
    {
      "word": "swellhead"
    },
    {
      "word": "egotist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Virginia Watson, Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds, page 174:",
          "text": "He is such a bighead and so lazy that I don't know how far he will go. He can read and write English a little bit and he thinks that is enough for him to know.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jonathan Wilson, Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches:",
          "text": "'But there are too many egos, way too many. I mean bigheads who are sidetracked by stuff away from football.'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Linda Hutton, The Wild Thyme Unseen, page 218:",
          "text": "I'm not such a bighead that I think I can do better than Hugh and Hereman at reclaiming the main island.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inflated",
          "inflated"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "conceit",
          "conceit"
        ],
        [
          "arrogant",
          "arrogant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, colloquial, especially used by children) A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used by children"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "countable",
        "especially"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several species of fish having a large head."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, colloquial) Any of several species of fish having a large head."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, colloquial) Any of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "big head"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kefála",
      "sense": "A person with an inflated opinion of themselves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κεφάλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person with an inflated opinion of themselves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pallone gonfiato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadaváka",
      "sense": "A person with an inflated opinion of themselves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "задава́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voobražála",
      "sense": "A person with an inflated opinion of themselves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вообража́ла"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bighead"
}

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