"tithead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: titheads [plural]
Etymology: From tit + head, in the police-officer sense referring to the helmets they wear. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tit|head}} tit + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} tithead (plural titheads)
  1. (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A fool; an idiot. Tags: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-tithead-en-noun-lITnq-5g Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A police officer. Tags: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-tithead-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51

Inflected forms

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