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Definition of airhead

airhead

noun

  • an unintelligent person; "dimwit". Contains strong connotations of obliviousness or forgetfulness. Origin: term implies the person's head contains nothing but air.
    He's confused again. What an airhead!

    Last edited on Jan 24 2011. Submitted by PJ Spalding from Denver, CO, USA on Oct 15 1997.

  • a person who owns and rides an air cooled, horizontally opposed, twin cylinder, shaft drive motorcycle, e.g. older BMW motorcycles.

    Last edited on Jan 24 2011. Submitted by Auto on Dec 27 2006.

  • an airbrush artist.
    • See more words with the same meaning: artist.

    Last edited on Jun 19 2009. Submitted by pam a. on Jun 19 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'artist':

Definitions include: the "tortured artist" half of a pair of people.
Definitions include: a writer.

Other terms relating to 'unintelligent person, idiot':

Definitions include: alternate spelling and pronunciation of "idiot".
Definitions include: a genius, usually used sarcastically to mean someone with an annoying grasp of the obvious.
Definitions include: a simple minded person, never cognizant of the world around them; MORON.
Definitions include: unintelligent person; "moron"; "idiot".
Definitions include: idiot; fool.
Definitions include: someone who is stupid.
Definitions include: an extremely stupid person.
Definitions include: derogatory term; "moron".
Definitions include: idiot.
Definitions include: a shortened form of retard.
Definitions include: a snowboarder.
Definitions include: general insult. Approximately "moron" or "idiot."
Definitions include: an unintelligent person.
Definitions include: a fool.
Definitions include: stupid; useless; dip shit.

Other terms relating to 'vehicles (related to)':

Definitions include: acronym for "piece of shit".
Definitions include: heroin.
Definitions include: to sit in the middle seat in the front or back of a vehicle ("bitch").
Definitions include: a motor vehicle with many mechanical problems.
Definitions include: leaving.
Definitions include: a parking spot very close to one's destination.
Definitions include: to leak oil.
Definitions include: wheel rims that are 20 inches in diameter.
Definitions include: pejorative term for an SUV ("suburban utility vehicle".)
Definitions include: a traffic jam.
Definitions include: to leave or exit quickly.
Definitions include: a person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left.
Definitions include: of a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine, to travel at a decent rate of speed and to have the engine making a nice sound.
Definitions include: a lane for traffic between lane(s) going in opposite directions; "middle lane".
Definitions include: leaving, often quickly.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'air':

Definitions include: air conditioning.
Definitions include: a fart.
Definitions include: "air conditioner".
Definitions include: pejorative term for an Air Force.
Definitions include: a form of dance/mime in which a person mimes playing a guitar while music is playing.
Definitions include: clearing one's nostrils by holding one nostril closed with one finger and forcing the other nostril clear by pressure.
Definitions include: to reveal one's closely guarded secrets.
Definitions include: the use of the fingers to make virtual quotation marks while speaking.
Definitions include: silence on the radio.
Definitions include: the space/gap between certain women's most upper and inner thigh just below her crotch.
Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
Definitions include: see hot air.
Definitions include: to go outside.
Definitions include: empty speech or writing.
Definitions include: without warning.

Other terms relating to 'head':

Definitions include: an LSD user.
Definitions include: In the RN/RM, 'Baby's Head' refers to tinned steak and kidney pudding which was in ration packs until the change to dehydrated rations.
Definitions include: a penis.
Definitions include: to face difficulties while trying to solve a problem.
Definitions include: messy hair from sleeping.
Definitions include: conceit.
Definitions include: A totally stupid or useless person
Definitions include: to reprimand.
Definitions include: a female that performs fellatio frequently, or performs it well.
Definitions include: to perform fellatio.
Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid.
Definitions include: "air head" someone who is not thinking straight.
Definitions include: a truncated sentence "But-her-head" used to describe someone who's face is ugly
Definitions include: Someone who isn't that smart or isn't nice.
Definitions include: a resident of the state of Wisconsin in the USA.

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