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foolish
English
Etymology
From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool +? -ish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fu?.l??/
Adjective
foolish (comparative foolisher or more foolish, superlative foolishest or most foolish)
- (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
- Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
Synonyms
- absurd
- idiotic
- ridiculous
- silly
- unwise
Antonyms
- wise
Derived terms
- a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
- foolishly
- foolishness
Translations
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- what do foolish mean
- what is meant by foolish
airhead
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???h?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????(h)?d/
- Hyphenation: air?head
Etymology 1
From air +? head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.
Noun
airhead (plural airheads)
- (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
- (by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
- (mining, archaic) Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”)
Coordinate terms
- (military): beachhead, bridgehead, railhead
Translations
Etymology 2
From air +? head, in the sense of having one’s head filled with air instead of a brain; compare empty-headed.
Noun
airhead (plural airheads)
- (originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
- Synonyms: airling, bimbo, bubblehead; see also Thesaurus:idiot
Hyponyms
- dumb blonde
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- airhead on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- airhead (subculture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- airhead (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- what's airheads mystery flavor
- what airhead in tagalog
- airheads what are you thinking about
- what does airhead mean
- what are airheads made of
- what are airheads candy
- what are airheads made out of
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