Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, slang)A stupid or foolish person.

    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Why, you told mamma this morning that you were going to bring a ‘muttonhead’ home for dinner this evening.

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Origin

From mutton + head.

From mutton + head.

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Forms

plural: muttonheads
Singularmuttonhead
Pluralmuttonheads

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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