fathead

English

Etymology

From fat +‎ headCategory:English compound terms#FATHEAD.

Pronunciation

Noun

fathead (plural fatheads)Category:English lemmas#FATHEADCategory:English nouns#FATHEADCategory:English countable nouns#FATHEADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FATHEADCategory:Pages with entries#FATHEADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FATHEAD

  1. (derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#FATHEAD) An idiot; a fool.
    You fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!Category:English terms with usage examples#FATHEAD
  2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnowCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#black-headed%20minnow.
  3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcherCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Semicossyphus%20pulcher.
  4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporosCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Psychrolutes%20microporos
  5. Any of several species of fish of the genus CubicepsCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Cubiceps

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “derogatory”): genius

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Translations

References

“fathead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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