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
In the daytime, the pair encountered the planarians, often called hammerhead worms, hiding under rotting logs or rocks.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Species include the Caribbean reef shark, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Stingrays are a staple in a Florida hammerhead's diet, along with grouper, sea catfish, a variety of bony fishes, sharks, crabs, and squid, per the FWC.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The waters here are home to thriving populations of reef sharks, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays, along with some of the best wall diving in the world.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2025
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
Species include the Caribbean reef shark, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Stingrays are a staple in a Florida hammerhead's diet, along with grouper, sea catfish, a variety of bony fishes, sharks, crabs, and squid, per the FWC.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
The waters here are home to thriving populations of reef sharks, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays, along with some of the best wall diving in the world.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2025
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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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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
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But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And to consider her as existing separate from her creators is like imagining that the ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy could have a career, and an agent, separate from the real performer Edgar Bergen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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After Saturday’s glam — quarterbacks threw passes to smooth-moving receivers while running backs dodged tackling dummies — Sunday offers a dose of grit.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Hammerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammerhead. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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