different between dumbass vs blockhead

English

Etymology

dumb +? ass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m.æs/

Noun

dumbass (plural dumbasses)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) A stupid or foolish person.

   The dumbass walked off with my car keys and left me hers.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fool

Translations

Adjective

dumbass (comparative more dumbass or dumberass, superlative most dumbass or dumbestass)

1. (US, vulgar, slang) Stupid, foolish.

   That dumbass driver ruined my car!

   • 2015, Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, All American Boys, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     I zipped my coat up to the neck, worried now that going to the march was more dumbass than I'd thought. It got closer—the only frigging thing in the road!—and I realized I was shaking. I couldn't move.

See also

• hard-ass

English

Alternative forms

• block head, block-head

Etymology

1549, block (“n.”) +? head.

Pronunciation

Noun

blockhead (plural blockheads)

1. (colloquial) A stupid person.
2. A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

• blockheaded
• blockheadess

Translations

Verb

blockhead (third-person singular simple present blockheads, present participle blockheading, simple past and past participle blockheaded)

1. To perform as a human blockhead.
2. (rare) To behave in a stupid manner.

Anagrams

• headblock