as in idiot
a stupid person
he's a meathead, but handy to have around if there's any heavy lifting to be done
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Efron looked, as meatheads would put it, ripped to the bone, with muscles that seemed ready to break free of his sunworshipper’s tan.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Seann William Scott played the (ultimately) good-hearted meathead lax bro Steve Stifler in four American Pie movies.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 8 Aug. 2023
Both my inner scholar and my inner meathead genuflect.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
These narrow-minded meatheads, however, are only thinking about one very specific type of running workout.
—Emily Abbate, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
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Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
Seann William Scott played the (ultimately) good-hearted meathead lax bro Steve Stifler in four American Pie movies.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 8 Aug. 2023
Both my inner scholar and my inner meathead genuflect.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
These narrow-minded meatheads, however, are only thinking about one very specific type of running workout.
—Emily Abbate, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
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“Meathead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meathead. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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