as in idiot
a stupid person
we despair of ever getting those hammerheads to buckle their seat belts without prodding
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Recent Examples of hammerhead
Jewell disputed that claim, saying the project would not impair the hammerhead easement used by emergency vehicles.
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Keep an eye out for sea turtles, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2026
These include Caribbean reef sharks, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
During the show, she can be heard noting that a hammerhead shark appears to be pursuing a bale of fake cocaine.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Keep an eye out for sea turtles, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2026
These include Caribbean reef sharks, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
During the show, she can be heard noting that a hammerhead shark appears to be pursuing a bale of fake cocaine.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammerhead
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Through the fuzz and the bad camera angles emerges an extraordinary catalogue of dummies, flicks, and feints, a hodge-podge of silly tricks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Magic starred Hopkins as Corky, a magician who reaches fame alongside his ventriloquist’s dummy, the obnoxious and wisecracking Fats.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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“Hammerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammerhead. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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