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): /ˈdɪkhɛd/

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Noun

dickhead (plural dickheads)

1. (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...

2. (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.

3. (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／龟头 (zh) (guītóu), 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: глава f (glava)
• 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), головка от хуя (golovka ot xuja) (vulgar)
• Slovak: žaluď
• Spanish: capullo (es) m
• Swedish: ollon (sv)
• Tatar: кутак баш (qutaq baş)
• Thai: หัวควย (hŭa kuay)
• 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
• Dutch: eikel (nl) m
• Esperanto: kaculo (eo)
• Finnish: molopää, munapää (fi)
• French: tête de nœud (fr) f, tête de vier f, gland (fr) m, connard (fr) m
• German: Dummkopf (de) m, Depp (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m
• Greek: ηλίθιος (el) m (ilíthios), βλάκας (el) m (vlákas), ηλίθια (el) f (ilíthia)
• Hungarian: faszfej (hu)
• Indonesian: goblok (id), brengsek (id), keparat (id)
• Italian: testa di cazzo f
• Japanese: 糞垂れ (kusotare, kusottare)
• Javanese: pekok (jv)
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• Kazakh: қотақбас (qotaqbas)
• Macedonian: акмак m (akmak), токмак m (tokmak), абдал m (abdal), куроглав m (kuroglav)
• Maltese: ras żobbi f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kukkhode n, kukkhue n

• Polish: chujogłowy, chujoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: 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 (ru) 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 (ru) 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)

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