Rockhead
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The surface of the bedrock beneath soil cover.
"This type of area, with reasonably well-defined rockheads under glacial and lacustrine deposits, probably represents optimum conditions for the adoption of seismic exploration techniques."
- 2 A fan of rock music. slang
"[…] an apparent betrayal of electronica's more oblique, less suburban ethos in favor of a record the rockheads like."
- 3 The fish Bothragonus swanii, a variety of poacher.
- 4 A stupid person. derogatory, slang
"Men seemed just as superfluous as women, a bunch of rockheads running around punching each other and getting hot and sweaty about guns."
Example
More examples"This type of area, with reasonably well-defined rockheads under glacial and lacustrine deposits, probably represents optimum conditions for the adoption of seismic exploration techniques."
Etymology
From rock + head.
From rock + -head.
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