blockhead

blockhead
{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./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Blockhead — Полное имя Джеймс Энтони Саймон Годы активности 1997 по сей день Страна …   Википедия

  • Blockhead! — is a game invented in 1952 by G.W. D Arcey and developed by G.W. Jerry and Alice D Arcey in San Jose, California. Consisting of 20 brightly colored blocks of varying shapes, the idea of the game is to add blocks to a tower without having it… …   Wikipedia

  • Blockhead — (bürgerlich Anthony „Tony“ Simon ) ist ein amerikanischer Hip Hop Produzent und elektronischer Musiker und steht beim Label Ninja Tune unter Vertrag. Er arbeitet des Weiteren mit dem Hip Hop Label Definitive Jux und Aesop Rock zusammen.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Blockhead — Blockhead, né Anthony « Tony » Simon, est un producteur de hip hop américain basé à Manhattan (New York). En dehors de ses compositions solo sur le label Ninja Tune, il produit pour Aesop Rock, rappeur du label de hip hop indépendant… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Blockhead — Block head , n. [Block + head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding. [1913 Webster] The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blockhead — also block head, stupid person, 1540s (implied in blockheaded), from BLOCK (Cf. block) (n.) + head; probably originally an image of the head shaped oaken block used by hat makers, though the insulting sense is the older one …   Etymology dictionary

  • blockhead — ► NOUN informal ▪ a very stupid person …   English terms dictionary

  • blockhead — [bläk′hed΄] n. a stupid person …   English World dictionary

  • Blockhead — In common use, blockhead usually refers to a stupid or stubborn person. (see Wiktionary entry for more information)Blockhead may also refer to: * Blockhead (computer system), a theoretical computer system devised by Ned Block * Blockhead!, a… …   Wikipedia

  • blockhead — UK [ˈblɒkˌhed] / US [ˈblɑkˌhed] noun [countable] Word forms blockhead : singular blockhead plural blockheads informal a stupid person …   English dictionary

  • blockhead — 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 …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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