Pinhead

Quick meaning: Pinhead is a noun meaning The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.).

Meaning

The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.).

More Meanings

1. (mycology) The immature juvenile fruiting body of a mushroom prior to its gills opening.
2. (slang) A foolish or stupid person.
3. (slang) A telemark skier.
4. (slang, pet stores) A newborn cricket used as food for pets.
5. (slang, medicine) A human head that is unusually tapered or small, often due to microcephaly, or a person with that trait. Often promoted in freak shows as "human pinheads".

Example Sentences

My daddy repairs cars driven by women who are pinheads.

I don't want to be a pinhead no more / I just met a nurse that I could go for

Settlements some centuries old, and still no bigger than pinheads on the untouched expanse of their background.

A newly hatched gecko will need pretty small crickets, but you will not have to go all the way down to pinheads.

Word Forms

• pinheads
• pin-head
• pin head

Synonyms for pinhead

Depending on context, synonyms include doofus, dumbbell, dunce, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dope, booby, boob, dummy, dumbbell, jackass.

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