bonehead

See also: bone head

English

Alternative forms

• bone head

Etymology

From bone +‎ head.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊnˌhɛd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -əʊnhɛd
• Hyphenation: bone‧head

Noun

bonehead (plural boneheads)

1. (slang) Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.

   Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot

   • 1921, James Huneker, Variations, page 248:

     Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old Mozart," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead, who no doubt prefers a Broadway comic opera to The Marriage of Figaro.

2. (slang) A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.

Derived terms

• boneheaded

Translations

someone stupid — see idiot

someone stubborn — see stubborn

Further reading

• White power skinhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia