hothead

noun

hot·​head ˈhät-ˌhed How to pronounce hothead (audio)
: a hotheaded person

Examples of hothead in a Sentence

Working on the project with such a hothead has been unpleasant.
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His father and namesake had a criminal record and a reputation as a violent hothead, DelToro said. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025 Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images (Daniel Knighton, Kevin Mazur) David Lee Roth behaving like a hothead is just about as groundbreaking as florals for spring, but even this anecdote would send the Devil running in opposition. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024 Grant plays a beautiful half-French, half-Sioux woman toward who the hothead makes unwanted advances. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The king defending his crown, eager to retire but forced to hold on for the good of the empire, or the hothead ready to take to the mattresses in the name of all the marbles. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hothead

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hothead was in 1660

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“Hothead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hothead. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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hothead

noun
hot·​head ˈhät-ˌhed How to pronounce hothead (audio)
: a hotheaded person

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