Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar)A stupid or contemptible person.

    Unfortunately Todd is a dummy, but what's worse is that Harvey is a shithead.

    Scheißkopf, Arschloch, Arsch

    говню́кgovnjúk, хуйло́xujló, муда́кmudák

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

  2. (uncountable, vulgar)A card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards.

    Arschlöcheln (Switzterland)

  3. (countable, slang, vulgar)A person who uses the drug cannabis.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He makes me mad, that shithead!

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  2. Ziri is a shithead.

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  3. Tom's a shithead.

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  4. You're a shithead.

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  5. "Am I allowed to swear on this show?" "Sure." "The president is a shithead."

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
stupid or contemptible person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
stupid or contemptible person:
card game:

Origin

From shit + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead.

From shit + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead.

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Forms

plural: shitheads

Synonyms

312 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedshitheaded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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