as in idiot
a stupid person
he's a meathead, but handy to have around if there's any heavy lifting to be done
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Recent Examples of meathead
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera If 2018’s Den of Thieves played like a meathead remake of Michael Mann’s Heat (1995), then the new Den of Thieves 2: Pantera plays like a meathead remake of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006).
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Kieron Moore provides the necessary boo-hiss factor as Slovacek, a Czech-American meathead who accepts the comparisons to Ivan Drago as a badge of honor.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Hogan also had a personality that connected with the audience as something more than a one-dimensional, meathead heel.
—Marc Raimondi
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Our feature on the meathead genius of Dan Campbell.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Kieron Moore provides the necessary boo-hiss factor as Slovacek, a Czech-American meathead who accepts the comparisons to Ivan Drago as a badge of honor.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Hogan also had a personality that connected with the audience as something more than a one-dimensional, meathead heel.
—Marc Raimondi
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Our feature on the meathead genius of Dan Campbell.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meathead
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
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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
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“Meathead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meathead. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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