Meaning of Egghead | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A bald person, especially a man.
   derogatory
2. A bald head.
3. An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch.
   derogatory

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Examples

“Then no one will know⟳ whether you are a genuine egghead or not. Besides, completely bald men are more sensual.”

“His own⟳ image as a bald man - egghead - with glasses aids this perception.”

“Contemporaries remembered him, for instance, as an egghead, bald as a billiard ball, and an “obese Napoleon."”

“But at the top of the "egghead", the blood vessels become⟳ pinched and the flow⟳ is blocked.”

“At one point⟳ he even lifts his cap to reveal⟳ an egghead bald-cap atop white hair and spectacles.”

“Many shave their entire head at the first sign⟳ of hair loss, believing that chicks prefer⟳ an egghead to a comb-over.”

“His shoulders were so misshapen they almost met over his sunken chest and they were topped by a pointy egghead, bald but for a few short sproutings of hair.”

“Just because some of you eggheads spend⟳ half your life in college don't mean⟳ you've got any monopoly on good common sense⟳.”

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