as in idiot
a stupid person
only a real blockhead would think that she had literally said it a million times
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Recent Examples of blockhead
August is when blockheads get cut.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Why have a young man who looks exactly the same as the monolithic blockheads who are Perón’s followers and henchmen?
—Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Burn After Reading delivers Pitt in rare form: a bumbling blockhead who loves berry blast smoothies and sports an iPod strapped to his arm.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Budget-resolution blockheads are blatantly befouling of the biosphere to repay the bribes of their oil-baron buddy campaign supporters.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
My annual Worst Biopharma CEO list is typically populated with blockheads and scoundrels.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 19 Dec. 2023
Instead, it should be interpreted as a sign that Tuberville is a blockhead.
—Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
And now this blockhead wants to tell her what’s funner?
—Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
Maybe Dorsey is a blockhead in more than just title.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
Why have a young man who looks exactly the same as the monolithic blockheads who are Perón’s followers and henchmen?
—Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Burn After Reading delivers Pitt in rare form: a bumbling blockhead who loves berry blast smoothies and sports an iPod strapped to his arm.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Budget-resolution blockheads are blatantly befouling of the biosphere to repay the bribes of their oil-baron buddy campaign supporters.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
My annual Worst Biopharma CEO list is typically populated with blockheads and scoundrels.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 19 Dec. 2023
Instead, it should be interpreted as a sign that Tuberville is a blockhead.
—Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
And now this blockhead wants to tell her what’s funner?
—Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
Maybe Dorsey is a blockhead in more than just title.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockhead
Noun
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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And then, the rest of her life, filled with big stupids and everything else, will begin.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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