dickhead

See also: dick-head

English

Alternative forms

dick-head

Etymology

Compound of dick +‎ head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest.

Pronunciation

enPR: dĭkʹhĕd, IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkˌhɛd/
- (colloquial) enPR: dĭkʹĕd, IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.kɛd/
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Noun

dickhead (plural dickheads)

(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory) A jerk; a mean or rude person.
- 1965, Robin Moore, The Green Berets, page 242:
  I don't want them Special Forces guys left out there when some dickhead is afraid to go get them.
- 1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207:
  ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.
(vulgar, colloquial) The glans penis.
- 1970, Clarence Major, All-night Visitors, page 71:
  ...down, down, sinking down faster than she's so far moved, the dick head exploding up into all that wet, warm slime...
(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory) A stupid or useless person.
- 1979, E.M. Corder, The Deer Hunter, page 69:
  "Watch it, dickhead!" "Hey, Stan, that's my shirt you just dropped in the snow!"

Synonyms

(glans penis): see also Thesaurus:glans.
(jerk): see also Thesaurus:jerk.
(idiot): see also Thesaurus:fool or Thesaurus:idiot.

Derived terms

terms derived from dickhead

dickheaded
dickheadedly
dickheadedness

Translations

glans penis — see glans penis

(slang) glans penis

Balinese: naskleng
Belarusian: залу́па f (zalúpa) (vulgar)
Catalan: fava (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龜頭 (zh), 龟头 (zh) (guītóu)
Dutch: eikel (nl) m
French: gland (fr) m
German: Eichel (de) f, Nille (de) f
Greek: πουτσοκέφαλος m (poutsokéfalos)
Hungarian: makk (hu)
Indonesian: palkon, pukon
Italian: glande (it) m, cappella (it) f, testa di cazzo f
Kazakh: қотақбас (qotaqbas)
Korean: 좆대가리 (ko) (jotdaegari)
Kyrgyz: котокбаш (kotokbaş)
Macedonian: гла́ва (mk) f (gláva)
Malay: kepala butuh (ms) (vulgar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kukkhode n, kukkhue n
Portuguese: cabeça (pt) f
Romanian: gland (ro), vârful de pulă
Russian: голо́вка (ru) f (golóvka), залу́па (ru) f (zalúpa) (vulgar), голо́вка от хуя́ (ru) f (golóvka ot xujá) (vulgar)
Slovak: žaluď
Spanish: capullo (es) m
Swedish: ollon (sv) n
Tatar: кутак баш (qutaq baş)
Thai: หัวควย (hǔua-kuai)
Ukrainian: залу́па f (zalúpa) (vulgar)

(slang) stupid person

Balinese: naskleng
Belarusian: хуйло́ n (xujló)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傻屄 (zh) (shǎbī) (vulgar)
Czech: kokot (cs)
Danish: pikhoved n
Dutch: eikel (nl) m
Esperanto: kaculo (eo)
Finnish: molopää, munapää (fi)
French: connard (fr) m, gland (fr) m, tête de nœud (fr) f, tête de vier f
Galician: apirolado m
German: Dummkopf (de) m, Depp (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m
Greek: βλάκας (el) m (vlákas), ηλίθια (el) f (ilíthia), ηλίθιος (el) m (ilíthios)
Hungarian: faszfej (hu)
Indonesian: goblok (id), brengsek (id), keparat (id), palkon
Italian: testa di cazzo f
Japanese: 糞垂れ (くそたれ, kusotare, くそったれ, kusottare)
Javanese: pekok (jv)
Kazakh: қотақбас (qotaqbas)
Korean: 좆대가리 (ko) (jotdaegari)
Macedonian: курто́н m (kurtón), а́кмак m (ákmak), то́кмак m (tókmak), а́бдал m (ábdal), ку́роглав m (kúroglav), деби́л m (debíl)
Malay: kepala butuh (ms)
Maltese: ras żobbi f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kukkhode n, kukkhue n
Polish: chujogłowy, chujoza (pl) f
Portuguese: cabeça de pila m, retardado (pt) m, bobão m, cuzão (pt) m, otário (pt) m
Romanian: cap sec (ro) n, (pejorative, obscene) cap de pulă n
Russian: тупи́ца (ru) m or f (tupíca), приду́рок (ru) m (pridúrok), деби́л (ru) m (debíl), долбоёб m (dolbojób) (vulgar), муда́к (ru) m (mudák) (vulgar), муди́ло (ru) n (mudílo) (vulgar), ебла́н (ru) m (jeblán) (vulgar), мудозво́н (ru) m (mudozvón) (vulgar), хуйло́ (ru) n (xujló) (vulgar), уёбок (ru) m (ujóbok), уёбище n (ujóbišče)
Slovak: kokot (sk)
Spanish: cabeza de pene, capullo (es) m, gilipollas (es) m or f
Swedish: kukhuvud (sv) n, dumbom (sv) c, tjockskalle (sv) c
Tatar: кутак баш (qutaq baş)
Ukrainian: хуйло́ (uk) n (xujló), довбойоб (dovbojob), їблан (jiblan), мудило (mudylo), тупак (tupak), придурок (prydurok)

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Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} faszfej (hu)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} careverga, ^{(please verify)} cara de verga