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Pinhead

//ˈpɪn.hɛd// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.)

    "The moment the nitre was red hot, the coal, previously reduced to small pieces of the size of a pinhead, was projected in portions of one or two grains at a time…"

  2. 2
    A member of the Provisional IRA. derogatory, slang
  3. 3
    the head of a pin wordnet
  4. 4
    A foolish or stupid person. slang

    "I don't want to be a pinhead no more / I just met a nurse that I could go for"

  5. 5
    an ignorant or foolish person wordnet
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  1. 6
    A telemark skier. slang
  2. 7
    A human head that is unusually tapered or small, often due to microcephaly, or a person with that trait. Often promoted in freak shows as "human pinheads". slang

    "The microcephalic idiot is an unfortunate with a "pinhead," sometimes exhibited as a "what's-it" in circus side-shows, whose mental age never goes beyond that of an imbecile."

  3. 8
    A newborn cricket used as food for pets. slang

    "A newly hatched gecko will need pretty small crickets, but you will not have to go all the way down to pinheads."

  4. 9
    The immature juvenile fruiting body of a mushroom prior to its gills opening.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pin + head.

Etymology 2

So called because they sold pin-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising.

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