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hammerhead
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
hammerhead
1
n
the striking part of a hammer
2
n
a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: hammerhead
1
n
the striking part of a hammer
Type of:
head
the striking part of a tool
n
medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
Synonyms:
hammerhead shark
Types:
Sphyrna zygaena
,
smooth hammerhead
fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver
Sphyrna tudes
,
smalleye hammerhead
fished for the hide and vitamin-rich liver
Sphyrna tiburo
,
bonnet shark
,
bonnethead
,
shovelhead
small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries
Type of:
shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
2
n
a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Synonyms:
blockhead
,
bonehead
,
dumbass
,
dunce
,
dunderhead
,
fuckhead
,
knucklehead
,
loggerhead
,
lunkhead
,
muttonhead
,
numskull
,
shithead
Type of:
dolt
,
dullard
,
pillock
,
poor fish
,
pudden-head
,
pudding head
,
stupe
,
stupid
,
stupid person
a person who is not very bright
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