thickhead

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thickhead

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From thick + head. Compare West Frisian dikharsens (“blockhead”, literally “thick brain”). Compare thickwitted.

noun thickheads

informal A stupid person. Near-synonyms: bonehead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
Similar: bonehead, numskull, alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bozo
Any of several species of Australian songbirds of the genus Pachycephala.

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@misc{thickhead_2026,
  title = {thickhead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thickhead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}