: a stupid person
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Don't be such a fathead!
so who's the fathead who messed around with my movie collection?
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Minnows: Big minnows, such as fatheads, shiners, or shadlings, run neck-and-neck with nightcrawlers as top-notch ‘eye bait.
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
In their ice fishing shack, armed with cheap beer and with fathead minnows for bait, Lloyd and Marvin are two guys working things out.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
—The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
In their ice fishing shack, armed with cheap beer and with fathead minnows for bait, Lloyd and Marvin are two guys working things out.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
Gibala, ever the showman, raffled off chances to cut off parts of the Mayfield fathead but left the head for Swan.
—The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2022
The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
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“Fathead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fathead. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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fathead
noun
fat·head
ˈfat-ˌhed 
: a stupid person
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