hammer-headed

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From hammer-head +‎ -ed[1] or hammer +‎ headed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hammer-headed (not comparable)

  1. Having a head in the shape of a hammer.
  2. (idiomatic) Stupid, ignorant.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
      We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

References

  1. ^ “hammer-headed, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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