"hothead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-hothead.ogg Forms: hotheads [plural]
Etymology: From hot + head. Compare English hotbrain (“a hothead”); Middle English hot-heorte, hat-heorte (“anger”), Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hot|head}} hot + head, {{cog|en|hot-brain|hotbrain|a hothead}} English hotbrain (“a hothead”), {{cog|enm|hot-heorte}} Middle English hot-heorte, {{cog|ang|hātheort|lit=hot-heart|t=furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent}} Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hothead (plural hotheads)
  1. (derogatory) One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Anger, People Translations (one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights): ὀξυθυμίας (oxuthumías) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), brushoved (Danish), hidsigprop (Danish), hystade [feminine] (Danish), furie [feminine] (Danish), heethoofd [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), driftkikker [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kuumapää (Finnish), kuumakalle (Finnish), höyrypää (Finnish), arroutado [masculine] (Galician), Hitzkopf [masculine] (German), pemarah (Indonesian), testa calda [feminine] (Italian), hissigpropp [masculine] (Norwegian), горя́чая голова́ (gorjáčaja golová) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-hothead-en-noun-t-OeXMPv Disambiguation of Anger: 78 22 Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): English alliterative compounds, 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 Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 69 31 Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights': 91 9
  2. One who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first): луда глава (luda glava) (Bulgarian), tête brûlée [feminine] (French), arroutado [masculine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-hothead-en-noun-o2hBEDQn Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rash

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Alternative forms

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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arroutado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hothead"
}

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