"motorhead" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌhɛd/ [UK], /ˈmoʊtɚˌhɛd/ [US] Audio: En-au-motorhead.ogg Forms: motorheads [plural]
Etymology: From motor + -head. Etymology templates: {{af|en|motor|-head}} motor + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} motorhead (plural motorheads)
  1. (US, Canada, slang) A car, truck, or motorcycle enthusiast. Tags: Canada, US, slang Categories (topical): Automotive, Recreational drugs Synonyms (car enthusiast): gearhead (english: American English), petrolhead [British, English], revhead [Australian, English] Translations (car enthusiast): automies (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-motorhead-en-noun-4WLsjKuk Disambiguation of Automotive: 87 13 Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 51 49 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -head, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -head: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'car enthusiast': 87 13 Disambiguation of 'car enthusiast': 87 13
  2. (UK, slang) A heavy user of amphetamines. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Recreational drugs Synonyms (amphetamine addict): speed freak Translations (heavy user of amphetamine): spiidipää (Finnish), амфетами́нщик (amfetamínščik) [masculine] (Russian), амфетами́нщица (amfetamínščica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-motorhead-en-noun-N-toOTfw Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 51 49 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'amphetamine addict': 24 76 Disambiguation of 'heavy user of amphetamine': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: motordom, motormania

Inflected forms

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