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Definition of Airhead
1. Noun. A flighty scatterbrained simpleton. "Every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one"
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
2. Noun. A bridgehead seized by airborne troops.
Definition of Airhead
1. Noun. (pejorative) A silly, foolish or unintelligent person. ¹
2. Noun. A landing area for aircraft for supplying an operation, military or other, usually temporary. ¹
3. Noun. (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops to ensure the further landing of troops and/or materiel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airhead
1. a stupid person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airhead
Literary usage of Airhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1877)
"Mr. ('airhead after speaking of the usefulness of that gatherings as affording
... Mr. t'airhead abo knew that he still irrigated his land, and although he ..."
2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1854)
"A series of "spouts" or opening are driven upwards from the gate-road into the
airhead, at intervals of 10 or 16 yards (ns the coal may give out more or ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1844)
"When you come near l-'airhead, ajk the way to Coul ... see yon fire on I-'airhead?"
Л pleasant reception, quoth I to myself, and a gracious host, ..."
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