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fathead

[ fat-hed ]

/ ˈfætˌhɛd /

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noun

Slang. a stupid person; fool.

sheephead.

fathead minnow.

Origin of fathead

First recorded in 1830–40; fat + head

Words nearby fathead

fated, fateful, fates, fath, fath., fathead, fathead minnow, fatheaded, father, father christmas, father confessor

Example sentences from the Web for fathead

He is not necessarily a "bonehead," but this phrase, like "fathead," is no accident.

How to Analyze People on Sight |Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
Think of what every fathead princeling and beer-swilling ritter from here to Basel would say!

Joan of the Sword Hand |S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
And what do you suppose this fathead has the front to spring on me?

Torchy and Vee |Sewell Ford
Sure enough, Nimms had it stowed away; and the fathead hadn't said a word about it before.

Torchy and Vee |Sewell Ford

The fathead minnow was ubiquitous, and was dominant at several stations on the smallest creeks.

Fishes of the Wakarusa River in Kansas |James E. Deacon

British Dictionary definitions for fathead

fathead

/ (ˈfætˌhɛd) /

noun

informal a stupid person; fool

Derived forms of fathead

fatheaded, adjective