hothead

See also: hot-head

English

Etymology

From hot +‎ head. Compare English hotbrain (“a hothead”); Middle English hot-heorte, hat-heorte (“anger”), Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”, literally “hot-heart”).

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Noun

hothead (plural hotheads)

(derogatory) One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.
The club was full of eager young hotheads who never seemed to be able to agree on anything.
One who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first
Someone get this hothead out of here.

Translations

one who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights

Danish: brushoved (da), hidsigprop, hystade (female), furie (female)
Dutch: heethoofd (nl) m or f, driftkikker (nl) m or f
Finnish: kuumapää
Galician: arroutado m

German: Hitzkopf (de) m
Italian: testa calda f
Norwegian: hissigpropp m
Russian: горя́чая голова́ f (gorjáčaja golová)

one who reacts quickly and without thinking carefully first

Bulgarian: луда глава (luda glava)
French: tête brulée (fr) f

Galician: arroutado m