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fat·head

 (făt′hĕd′)
n. Slang
A stupid person.

fat′head′ed adj.
fat′head′ed·ly adv.
fat′head′ed·ness n.
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fathead

(ˈfætˌhɛd)
n
slang a stupid person; fool
ˈfatˌheaded adj
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fat•head

(ˈfætˌhɛd)

n.
a stupid person; fool.
fat′head`ed, adj.
fat′head`ed•ly, adv.
fat′head`ed•ness, n.
[1830–40]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fathead - a man who is a stupid incompetent foolfathead - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
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Translations

fathead

[ˈfæthed] Nimbécil mf
you fathead!¡imbécil!
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fathead

n (Brit inf) → Dummkopf m, → Blödmann m (inf)
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fathead

[ˈfætˌhɛd] n (fam) → scemo/a, babbeo/a
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References in classic literature ?
`With their rifles grasped in their stiffened hands, mid a ring of the dead and dyin',' as some fathead sings.
Included in the sale are channel catfish, largemouth bass, triploid grass carp, hybrid sunfish, hybrid redear, fathead minnows and bluegill.
The company: "At Fathead, we capture those special moments that make life awesome.
Folgate, Grosso, Fathead and Grappenhall are all varieties of which garden plant?
Fathead minnows, caught at a lake, were placed in groups with familiar fish, unfamiliar fish or as isolated individuals.
DOWN: 1 Fathead 2 Comeback 3 Aida 4 Handicap 5 Span 6 Blush 8 Get-together 13 Bonfires 14 Last gasp 15 Sweeper 18 Crypt 20 Bops 21 Ripe.
Briefly, we extended a hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary model of 17[beta]-estradiol synthesis for fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) by Shoemaker et al.
The needle-toothed muskies are then fed fathead minnows for two months, which helps them quickly reach 8 to 9 inches in length.
Live non-native fishes captured were mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) (51), arroyo chub (Gila orcutti) (15), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) (102), Mississippi silverside (Menidia audens) (15), carp, Cyprinus carpio (97), prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) (63), and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) (114).
The Davis cousins, known as "Big Kearan" or "Fathead" and "Little Kieran" or "Ratboy", were seen sniggering and chatting to each other in the dock after the jury delivered its verdict.
Catch rates of the six most captured warmwater nonnative species (fathead minnow Pimephales prometas, common carp Cyprinus carpio, channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, black bulthead Ameiurus melas, red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis, and plains killifish Fundulus zebrinus) were used to examine for immigration, reproduction of progeny, and abiotic controls of their populations in the LCR.