"thickhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thickheads [plural]
Etymology: From thick + head. Compare West Frisian dikharsens (“blockhead”, literally “thick brain”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|thick|head}} thick + head, {{cog|fy|dikharsens|lit=thick brain|t=blockhead}} West Frisian dikharsens (“blockhead”, literally “thick brain”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} thickhead (plural thickheads)
  1. Someone stupid.
    Sense id: en-thickhead-en-noun-56Q8nvBr
  2. Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus Pachycephala. Categories (lifeform): Perching birds
    Sense id: en-thickhead-en-noun--3WOJoQd Disambiguation of Perching birds: 6 94 Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 4 96

Inflected forms

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