as in idiot
a stupid person
what pinhead put this together backwards?
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Recent Examples of pinhead
Exposure to as little as a pinhead amount of ricin can cause death.
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Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
To get some scale for the image, their dazzling red caps are just the size of a pinhead.
—New Atlas, 16 July 2024
Below this sieve is a fine-mesh sieve that captures fossil bits down to 0.02 inch in size (smaller than a pinhead).
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
The eggs are about the size of a pinhead, according to Candace Fallon, senior conservation biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, said.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 June 2024
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Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
To get some scale for the image, their dazzling red caps are just the size of a pinhead.
—New Atlas, 16 July 2024
Below this sieve is a fine-mesh sieve that captures fossil bits down to 0.02 inch in size (smaller than a pinhead).
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
The eggs are about the size of a pinhead, according to Candace Fallon, senior conservation biologist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, said.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 June 2024
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“Pinhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinhead. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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