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fathead

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfæt.hɛd

Definitions

  1. An idiot; a fool.
  2. A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
  3. A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
  4. A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
  5. Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps

Equivalents

7 more languages
Българскиглупактъпа́к
Bosanskiглупак
Cymraegpendew
Hrvatskiглупак
Latinabuccō
Српскиглупак

Examples

You fathead! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!”
“‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’”

CEFR level

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