"meathead" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-meathead.ogg Forms: meatheads [plural]
Etymology: From meat + head. The term meathead is often said to come from the classic 1970s television situation comedy All In The Family, wherein main character Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) used the nickname to address his son-in-law, Michael Stivic (Rob Reiner), starting with the premiere episode ("Meet the Bunkers") that first aired January 12, 1971. The term is also used three times in the "Star Witness" episode of the television situation comedy Green Acres, an episode that first aired January 26, 1971, exactly two weeks after the premiere of All in the Family. However, the word appeared in writing as early as 1863. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|meat|head}} meat + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} meathead (plural meatheads)
  1. (slang) An ungainly, dull, or stupid person; someone who is lazy, disrespectful, and/or whose beliefs and philosophies clash with those of another. Tags: slang Translations (stupid person): 바보 (babo) (Korean), kjøtthue [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), שטיק פֿלייש מיט צוויי אויגן (shtik fleysh mit tsvey oygn) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-meathead-en-noun-60-RpOKU 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 Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 35 22 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 27 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 31 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of 'stupid person': 85 15 0
  2. (slang) A large, muscular, stupid man, especially an athlete. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: brute, jock Translations (large, muscular, stupid man, especially an athlete): hústorony (Hungarian), עשׂו (eysev) [masculine] (Yiddish), חזיר־שלעגער (kházer-shlèger) [masculine] (Yiddish), שלעגער (shleger) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-meathead-en-noun-ldKFMAf3 Disambiguation of People: 36 63 1 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 Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 35 22 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 27 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of 'large, muscular, stupid man, especially an athlete': 4 94 2
  3. (military, slang, Canada) A member of the Canadian Forces Military Police. Tags: Canada, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-meathead-en-noun-AY4fktbj Categories (other): Canadian English, 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 Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 35 22 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 32 32 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 27 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 35 32 32 Topics: government, military, politics, war

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