blockhead

noun

block·​head ˈbläk-ˌhed How to pronounce blockhead (audio)
: a stupid person

Examples of blockhead in a Sentence

Don't be such a blockhead! only a real blockhead would think that she had literally said it a million times
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Burn After Reading delivers Pitt in rare form: a bumbling blockhead who loves berry blast smoothies and sports an iPod strapped to his arm. Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025 Budget-resolution blockheads are blatantly befouling of the biosphere to repay the bribes of their oil-baron buddy campaign supporters. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025 Burn After Reading delivers Brad Pitt in rare form: a bumbling blockhead who loves berry blast smoothies and sports an iPod strapped to his arm. Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023 My annual Worst Biopharma CEO list is typically populated with blockheads and scoundrels. Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 19 Dec. 2023 Instead, it should be interpreted as a sign that Tuberville is a blockhead. Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023 And now this blockhead wants to tell her what’s funner? Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023 Maybe Dorsey is a blockhead in more than just title. Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023 Apparently, AppleTV+ is no blockhead. Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blockhead was in 1532

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“Blockhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blockhead. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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blockhead

noun
block·​head -ˌhed How to pronounce blockhead (audio)
: a stupid person

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