airhead

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeəː.hɛd/

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Etymology 1

air +‎ head (having one's head filled with air instead of grey matter).

Noun

airhead (plural airheads)

1. (derogatory) A silly, foolish or unintelligent person.

Synonyms

• (silly person): bimbo, bubblehead, valley girl, dumb blonde

Translations

having no brain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呆头呆脑 (zh) (dāitóudāinǎo)

• Finnish: tyhjäpää (fi), reikäpää
• French: tête de linotte (fr) f
• German: Dummkopf (de) m, Wirrkopf (de) m
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• Italian: svampita (it) f, testa vuota f
• Japanese: 天然 (ja) (てんねん、tennen)
• Polish: bezmózg m
• Portuguese: cabeça de vento (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: тупаџија, тупоглавац m
• Spanish: chorlito m, cabeza de chorlito m, cabeza hueca m, burro (es) m, tontón m, estúpido (es) m

Etymology 2

air +‎ head, by analogy with beachhead, bridgehead, railhead.

Noun

airhead (plural airheads)

1. A landing area for aircraft for supplying an operation, military or other, usually temporary.
2. (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops to ensure the further landing of troops and/or materiel.

Related terms

• beachhead
• bridgehead
• railhead

Translations

landing area

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seized area within hostile territory

• Finnish: sillanpää
• Greek: αερογεφύρωμα n (aerogefýroma)
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• Italian: testa di ponte f