Definition of PINHEAD

pinhead

Plural: pinheads

Noun

  • The small, flat end of a pin; a trivial person.
  • an ignorant or foolish person
  • the head of a pin
  • The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.)
  • A foolish or stupid person.
  • A telemark skier.
  • A human head that is unusually tapered or small, often due to microcephaly, or a person with that trait. Often promoted in freak shows as "human pinheads".
  • A newborn cricket used as food for pets.
  • The immature juvenile fruiting body of a mushroom prior to its gills opening.

Examples

  • He barely noticed the PINHEAD on the board, focusing on bigger words.

Origin / Etymology

From pin + head.

Synonyms

boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy, Alternative spelling of dumbass., Boeotian, Charlie, Vulgar:, addle pate, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, ass, assclown, asshat, asshead, asstard, asswipe, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubble brain, bubblehead, bufflehead, buffoon, buttbreath, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate, clot, clown, crackhead, cretin, cuckoo, deadhead, dildo, dim bulb, dimbo, dimbus, dimwit, ding dong, dingbat, dingleberry, dingwad, dip, dipshit, dipstick, doldrum, dolt, donkey dick, donut, doodle, doof, doofoid, doofus, dork, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dullard, dumb bunny, dumb cluck, dumbfuck, dumbfucker, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dumbo, dumbshit, dummkopf, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, eejit, farthead, fathead, featherbrain, fenderhead, fleabrain, fool, fopdoodle, fuck-knuckle, fucktard, fuckwit, galoot, gimboid, gomer, gonk, goober, goof, goofball, goofy, goose, goosecap, gorbuson, gudgeon, ha'porth, halfwit, hammerhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, inbred, jackaninny, jackass, jellybrain, jerk, juggins, jughead, knothead, knucklehead, lackwit, lamebrain, log, loggerhead, lummox, lunk, lunkhead, maroon, meatball, meathead, mental midget, mome, momo, mongoloid, mongtard, monkey, moron, mouth breather, muggins, mushhead, mutt, muttonhead, nimrod, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit, nitwit, noddy, noodlehead, numbskull, oaf, peabrain, peagoose, peckerhead, pigwidgeon, pillock, pinhead, plank, plonker, prat, put, putz, retard, sap, saphead, schmo, shitbrain, shithead, shitneck, shitwit, silly, simp, simpleton, snapperhead, sot, space cadet, spanner, stupe, stupid, stupid-head, tard, thickhead, thicko, thickskull, tomfool, tonto, toolbox, tosspot, turkey, twat, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzer, wazzock, witless wonder, yo-yo, zany

Scrabble Score: 13

pinhead: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pinhead: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pinhead: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pinhead: valid Words With Friends Word