blockhead
11blockhead — n. a stupid person. (See also block.) □ Without a blockhead like you to remind me of the perils of stupidity, I might be less efficient than I am. □ Why did he call me a blockhead? I didn’t do anything …
12blockhead — {n.}, {informal} An unusually dense, or stupid person whose head is therefore exaggeratedly compared to a solid block of wood. * /Joe is such a blockhead that he flunked every course as a freshman./ …
13blockhead — {n.}, {informal} An unusually dense, or stupid person whose head is therefore exaggeratedly compared to a solid block of wood. * /Joe is such a blockhead that he flunked every course as a freshman./ …
14blockhead — n A stupid or foolish person. Don t let that blockhead hold the money; he ll lose it for sure. 1550s …
15blockhead — noun informal An unusually dense, or stupid person whose head is therefore exaggeratedly compared to a solid block of wood. Joe is such a blockhead that he flunked every course as a freshman …
16blockhead — noun (C) informal a very stupid person: You silly blockhead! …
17Blockhead Hans — is a fairy tale from Andrew Lang s The Yellow Fairy Book . Lang gives no source for the tale. Story The two educated sons of an old squire want to marry the princess, who said that she would marry the man who chooses his words best. They studied… …
18Blockhead (computer system) — Blockhead is the name of a theoretical computer system invented as part of a thought experiment by philosopher Ned Block, which appeared in a paper entitled Psychologism and Behaviourism . In this paper, Block argues that the internal mechanism… …
19Blockhead (music) — Infobox musical artist | Name = Blockhead Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = non vocal instrumentalist Birth name = James Anthony Simon Alias = Tony Simon, T. Simon, Tones, Toneslap Born = Died = Origin = flagicon|USA New York City,… …
20blockhead, you — A term used to a person that the speaker thinks is stupid. A blockhead was originally a wooden head on which a wig or hat was kept. The word was applied to a stupid person in the sixteenth century, and is still occasionally used on both sides… …
