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
These include Caribbean reef sharks, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Exotic species such as whale sharks, hammerhead sharks and bluefin tuna were seen by boaters and anglers who marveled at the sea creatures more common in tropical waters.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 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
Elphinstone Reef consistently ranks among the world’s best dive sites thanks to its abundance of healthy soft corals and frequent shark sightings, including the chance to see everything from thresher sharks to scalloped hammerheads.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Exotic species such as whale sharks, hammerhead sharks and bluefin tuna were seen by boaters and anglers who marveled at the sea creatures more common in tropical waters.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 27 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
Elphinstone Reef consistently ranks among the world’s best dive sites thanks to its abundance of healthy soft corals and frequent shark sightings, including the chance to see everything from thresher sharks to scalloped hammerheads.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 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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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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More than a dozen city, county and state agencies worked together, deploying drones, using dummies as cadavers, and taking on the roles of victims, triage and others to make the drill as realistic as possible.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Using both an 800-pound horse dummy and live horses, RSF Fire personnel learned the basics about safety around horses during emergencies, useful steps to stabilize a horse prior to a formal rescue team’s arrival, and how Rancho Santa Fe personnel can support a large animal rescue unit on scene.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Hammerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammerhead. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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