bighead
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/
Noun
bighead (plural bigheads)
- (colloquial, especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
- 1997, Virginia Watson, Anyan's Story: A New Guinea Woman in Two Worlds, page 174:
- He is such a bighead and so lazy that I don't know how far he will go. He can read and write English a little bit and he thinks that is enough for him to know.
- 2010, Jonathan Wilson, Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches:
- 'But there are too many egos, way too many. I mean bigheads who are sidetracked by stuff away from football.'
- 2011, Linda Hutton, The Wild Thyme Unseen, page 218:
- I'm not such a bighead that I think I can do better than Hugh and Hereman at reclaiming the main island.
- (colloquial) One of several species of fish having a large head.
- (colloquial) One of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.
Derived terms
- African bighead snake (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead beaked sandfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead brotula (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead catfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead catshark (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead croaker (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead cusk-eel (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead dustymaiden (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead goby (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead grenadier (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. and Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead grouper (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead gurnard perch (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead horkelia (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead knapweed (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead mora (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead pennah croaker (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead portholefish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead pupfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead pygmycudweed (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead rush (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead sand perch (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead sculpin (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead sea snake (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead seahorse (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead searobin (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead searsid (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead snailfish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead spurdog (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead straitjackets (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead threefin (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead tilefish (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- bighead whiptail (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Related terms
Translations
A person with an inflated opinion of themselves
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