blockhead
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blockhead¹
Where it comes from
1532, block (noun) + -head.
noun blockheads · block head · block-head
- A stupid person. [S]o I think, blockheads, ſaid Manfred; what is it has ſcared you thus?
- Short for human blockhead Waldo was sent that from an elderly blockhead named Fuzzy in Gibtown, Florida. That's the town to which most freaks retire.
verb blockheads · blockheading · blockheaded · block head · block-head
- To perform as a human blockhead. Like an old-time sideshow, the acts included lying on a bed of nails, blockheading and, of course, fire-eating.
- To behave in a stupid manner. Two years' blockading made fair Malta ours: A noble struggle! -- yet 't is thought (at Rading) That Britain's island shews superior pow'rs, To bear, and to survive, two years blockheading !
Blockhead²
Where it comes from
From block + -head.
noun Blockheads
- A fan of the American boy band New Kids on the Block. McCartneymania seemed to be a chance for the parents of Blockheads, the kids who swarmed the New Kids on the Block last week, to do a little gawking of their own.
Translations
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noun stupid person
| Español | idiota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바보 babo |
| 日本語 | 木偶の坊 dekunobō, 薄鈍 usunoro, 鈍間 noroma |
| 中文 | 傻子 shǎzi, 傻瓜 shǎguā |
| हिन्दी | चपड़गंजू capaṛgañjū |
| Português | idiota |
| Français | imbécile, cancre |
| Deutsch | Dummkopf |
| Italiano | imbecille, idiota, testone |
| Русский | тупи́ца tupíca, болва́н bolván, бе́столочь béstoločʹ, дура́к durák, о́лух ólux |
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title = {blockhead},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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