Meaning of -head | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used to create nouns indicating a state; -hood.
   morpheme, uncountable
2. Used to form words for people who regularly have their mind focused upon a particular subject, activity, or a specified drug or other substance, or who are addicted in some way.
   derogatory, morpheme, sometimes
3. Used to form words to describe people who are dedicated fans of something, especially music.
   morpheme
4. Used with other words to form generic insults or epithets to indicate stupidity.
   derogatory, morpheme

Examples

“motor + -head → motorhead”

“pot + -head → pothead”

“jazz + -head → jazzhead”

“metal + -head → metalhead”

“Beatle + -head → Beatlehead”

“block + -head → blockhead”

“shit + -head → shithead”

“geek + -head → geekhead”

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