roundhead
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Roundhead¹
Where it comes from
From round + head, from their short-cropped hairstyle.
noun Roundheads
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A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War (in the 17th century).
Similar: Parliamentarian · Opposite: Cavalier, Royalist
roundhead²
Where it comes from
From round + -head.
adjective
- Having a dome-shaped head. The roundhead screw and its fraternal twins, the button head and pan head screws, have a head that is flat on the bottom and hemispherical on top.
noun roundheads
- A roundhead screw, one with a domed head.
- Alternative letter-case form of Roundhead (“parliament supporter in the English Civil War”) You roundhead whore, sock it up, or me will kill you, begar.
- A male whose penis is circumcised. The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers.
- A circular platform at the end of a pier or breakwater. The top of the caisson will be at the same level as the bag-work foundation of the pier, and a roundhead, composed of 45-ton granite faced concrete blocks, will be built on it.
- Any of various agarics of the genus Stropharia.
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noun English Civil War: nickname
| Português | cabeça-redonda |
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| Italiano | testa rotonda, teste rotonde |
noun roundhead screw
| 日本語 | ナベ nabe |
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