airhead
1
[ air-hed ]
/ ˈɛərˌhɛd /
noun
an area in enemy territory or in threatened friendly territory, seized by airborne troops for bringing in supplies and additional troops by airdrop or landing.
Origin of airhead
1Words nearby airhead
Definition for airhead (2 of 2)
airhead
2
[ air-hed ]
/ ˈɛərˌhɛd /
noun
Slang.
a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
OTHER WORDS FROM airhead
air·head·ed, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for airhead
Sure, the critics never quite cottoned to him; they always insinuated that he was an airhead, a blank.
But Bonds was no airhead who could only read from a TelePrompTer.
Vanda ends up being much less of a airhead than she initially appears.
In the book, Brewer hints ever so carefully that the judge, Susan Bolton, is something of an airhead.
British Dictionary definitions for airhead (1 of 2)
airhead
1
/ (ˈɛəˌhɛd) /
noun
military
an area secured in hostile territory, used as a base for the supply and evacuation of troops and equipment by air
Word Origin for airhead
C20: modelled on
beachhead
British Dictionary definitions for airhead (2 of 2)
airhead
2
/ (ˈɛəˌhɛd) /
noun
slang
a stupid or simple-minded person; idiot
Word Origin for airhead
C20: from
air +
head