Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stupid; dull: as, “a blockheaded boy,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Stupid; dull.
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- adjective Resembling a
blockhead ;stupid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used informally) stupid
Etymologies
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Examples
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The idiotic notion that housing prices would keep going up, coupled with the blockheaded decision that it didn't matter that people couldn't really afford to pay those ever-increasing prices, pumped lots of air into the bubble, but so did the fact, rather, the ignoring of the fact, that there are only so many people in the world.
Retooling an economy based on the endless buying and selling of toys and gizmos 2009
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The idiotic notion that housing prices would keep going up, coupled with the blockheaded decision that it didn't matter that people couldn't really afford to pay those ever-increasing prices, pumped lots of air into the bubble, but so did the fact, rather, the ignoring of the fact, that there are only so many people in the world.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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He has yet to make a Test century against England but only the blockheaded would carp if he did before he passes the baton on.
VVS Laxman is the latest standard bearer for the Golden Age 2011
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"It's really this blockheaded inability to recognize the humanity of others that is the root of almost all animosity out there on the roads."
The High Road: Working Your Way Up BikeSnobNYC 2010
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It's really this blockheaded inability to recognize the humanity of others that is the root of almost all animosity out there on the roads.
The High Road: Working Your Way Up BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Americans have become so frustrated by the blockheaded Bush administration and their intransigence on every issue (and the failure of Congress to be able to check Bush and the NeoCons) that this election was seen as the one way we would be able to move past them and turn over a new leaf.
Poll: 2 out of 3 Dems think long nomination battle hurting party 2008
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The blockheaded "cameraman," Hud (T.J. Miller), offers a humorously deadpan commentary throughout and deals with his own unrequited affection for a woman (Lizzy Caplan).
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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The blockheaded "cameraman," Hud (T.J. Miller), offers a humorously deadpan commentary throughout and deals with his own unrequited affection for a woman (Lizzy Caplan).
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Women cannot afford to be too nasty publicly - it's doesn't sell. roflmao at myself - of all the blockheaded things I've ever posted ...
Palin Took Heat For Giggling After Radio Show Host Attacked Opponent As "Bitch" 2009
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And a Democratic presidential candidate invoking that election, at this time, is phenomenally blockheaded.
Obama: I Take Hillary At Her Word On Bobby Kennedy Gaffe 2009
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