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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal, derogatory, countable) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior..
"A stockbroker doesn't have 80,000 people sitting behind him just waiting for a mistake," says Jim Fassel, whom fans serenaded with "Fire Fassel!" chants during his final weeks as head coach of the New York Giants last season. "It can drive you crazy." From head coach to head case in three easy steps.
Another gene downstream of EcR/Usp is headcase. Screening genes that show genetic interactions with EcR mutants, Loncle and Williams identified headcase as a regulator of dendrite pruning (Loncle and Williams 2012).
Use head case when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Head case means (informal, derogatory, countable) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior..
Common synonyms include hdc.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"A stockbroker doesn't have 80,000 people sitting behind him just waiting for a mistake," says Jim Fassel, whom fans serenaded with "Fire Fassel!" chants during his final weeks as head coach of the New York Giants last season. "It can drive you crazy." From head coach to head case in three easy steps.
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