"propeller head" meaning in English

See propeller head in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: propeller heads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} propeller head (plural propeller heads)
  1. The hub of a propeller, into which the blades fit. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: nerd, weenie, dork, propellor head, propeller-head, propellerhead Translations (central part of propeller): potkurin napa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-propeller_head-en-noun-cysnT7Hl Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'central part of propeller': 99 1
  2. (informal) A person deeply absorbed in an academic field or technical interest, especially to the exclusion of social activities. Tags: informal Synonyms (person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest): geek Translations (person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest): propellipää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-propeller_head-en-noun-Gh~JjCnq Disambiguation of 'person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "propeller heads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "propeller head (plural propeller heads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The hub of a propeller, into which the blades fit."
      ],
      "id": "en-propeller_head-en-noun-cysnT7Hl",
      "links": [
        [
          "hub",
          "hub"
        ],
        [
          "propeller",
          "propeller"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "nerd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "weenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "dork"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "propellor head"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "propeller-head"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "word": "propellerhead"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "central part of propeller",
          "word": "potkurin napa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A person deeply absorbed in an academic field or technical interest, especially to the exclusion of social activities."
      ],
      "id": "en-propeller_head-en-noun-Gh~JjCnq",
      "links": [
        [
          "deeply",
          "deeply"
        ],
        [
          "absorbed",
          "absorbed"
        ],
        [
          "academic",
          "academic"
        ],
        [
          "technical",
          "technical"
        ],
        [
          "exclusion",
          "exclusion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A person deeply absorbed in an academic field or technical interest, especially to the exclusion of social activities."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest",
          "word": "geek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest",
          "word": "propellipää"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "propeller head"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "propeller heads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "propeller head (plural propeller heads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hub of a propeller, into which the blades fit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hub",
          "hub"
        ],
        [
          "propeller",
          "propeller"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person deeply absorbed in an academic field or technical interest, especially to the exclusion of social activities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deeply",
          "deeply"
        ],
        [
          "absorbed",
          "absorbed"
        ],
        [
          "academic",
          "academic"
        ],
        [
          "technical",
          "technical"
        ],
        [
          "exclusion",
          "exclusion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A person deeply absorbed in an academic field or technical interest, especially to the exclusion of social activities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest",
      "word": "geek"
    },
    {
      "word": "nerd"
    },
    {
      "word": "weenie"
    },
    {
      "word": "dork"
    },
    {
      "word": "propellor head"
    },
    {
      "word": "propeller-head"
    },
    {
      "word": "propellerhead"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "central part of propeller",
      "word": "potkurin napa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person absorbed in an academic field or technical interest",
      "word": "propellipää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "propeller head"
}

Download raw JSONL data for propeller head meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.