pumpkin-headed

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US /ˈpʌmpkɪnˌhɛdɪd/ UK /ˈpʌmpkɪnˌhedɪd/
adj Freq #478874

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    informal and insulting: stupid, foolish, or having a supposedly thick or empty head

    The angry farmer dismissed the plan as pumpkin-headed nonsense.

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Synonyms
1 adj · informal and insulting:... foolishthickheadedblockheaded
Opposites
Word family
Related forms pumpkinheadblockhead

Etymology

A compound of pumpkin + headed. The insult compares a person's head to a large, round, supposedly empty pumpkin, following the same disparaging pattern as blockheaded and cabbage-headed.

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