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Meaning of bonehead | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/

Definitions

  1. Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
    slang
  2. A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.
    slang

Examples

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

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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